A guide to obesity and the metabolic syndrome : origins and treatment /: origins and treatment. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By George A. Bray.
• Other Names: Bray, George A
• Contents: Origins of obesity in the scientific era : 1500 AD to the present -- Definitions, measurement, and prevalence -- Genetic, metabolic, and social origins of obesity -- Effects of obesity on health and metabolism -- Prevention, evaluation, and introduction to treatment -- Lifestyle, diet, & exercise : cognitive solutions -- Medications for obesity -- Surgery for obesity -- Post-script : obesity in the twenty first century.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxxiv, 370 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 616.398 B827; Obesity; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity -- etiology; Metabolic Syndrome X -- etiology; Metabolic Syndrome X -- therapy; Obesity -- therapy; Obésité; Syndrome métabolique; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General; MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL -- Diseases; MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781439814581; 1439814589
• Related ISBNs: 9781439814574
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.