Public health mini-guide: obesity
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Main Author: Townsend, Nick (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh Churchill Livingstone Elsevier 2014
Series:Public health mini-guide
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:Obesity and its linked morbidity and mortality is a significant public health challenge on a global scale and places a burden not only on the individual but also on society as a whole. This Mini-Guide presents key themes relating to this challenge, including the means of measuring obesity, the most recent prevalence and trends, the health consequences and causes of obesity along with approaches to counter obesity both at an individual and a population level. Understanding is facilitated through: Case Studies Boxed examples Thinking Points Summary Points at ends of chapters. Links to webpages, resources and further reading
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
ISBN:9780702047206
0702047201
9780702046346
0702046345

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