Obesity: treatment and therapy

With this guide, learn about the pros and cons of bariatric surgery, the qualifications, and it's right for you and your health needs.

The Psychology of Eating is the essential multidisciplinary introduction to the psychology of eating, looking at the biological, genetic, developmental, and social determinants of how humans find and assimilate food.

Primarily intended for physicians and health care professionals who are treating obese patients, this book explores current and future options for drug treatment of obesity puts them into perspective against available alternative treatments.

The United States, we are told, is facing an obesity epidemic-a "e;battle of the bulge"e; of not just national, but global proportions-that requires drastic and immediate action.

Childhood obesity has become a central concern in many countries and a range of policies have been implemented or proposed to address it.

There is an urgent need to better understand the causes and consequences of obesity, and to learn what works to prevent or reduce obesity.

The United States, we are told, is facing an obesity epidemic-a "e;battle of the bulge"e; of not just national, but global proportions-that requires drastic and immediate action.

With the advent of the worldwide obesity epidemic, a concurrent rise has occurred in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome.

Obesity is one of the most important contributing factors to disease throughout the world and is an area of great current interest among researchers and clinicians.

Regulating Obesity?

Childhood obesity has become a central concern in many countries and a range of policies have been implemented or proposed to address it.

Gastric and Oesophageal Surgery serves as a detailed, evidence-based guide to benign and malignant oesophageal and gastric surgery, covering in a practical and accessible manner the myriad surgical conditions that trainees and consultants in the area will face.

Gastric and Oesophageal Surgery serves as a detailed, evidence-based guide to benign and malignant oesophageal and gastric surgery, covering in a practical and accessible manner the myriad surgical conditions that trainees and consultants in the area will face.

As bariatric procedures become more commonplace, the safety and quality of bariatric surgery continues to rise.

As bariatric procedures become more commonplace, the safety and quality of bariatric surgery continues to rise.

The current "e;obesity epidemic"e; has been at the top of the national and, increasingly, global public agenda for the last decade, the subject of extensive and intensive concern, scrutiny, and corrective efforts from various quarters.

The current "e;obesity epidemic"e; has been at the top of the national and, increasingly, global public agenda for the last decade, the subject of extensive and intensive concern, scrutiny, and corrective efforts from various quarters.

Obesity: Oxidative Stress and Dietary Antioxidants cover the science of oxidative stress in obesity and associated conditions, including metabolic syndrome, bariatric surgery, and the potentially therapeutic usage of natural antioxidants in the diet or food matrix.

Intertwining policy analysis and ethnography, Jose Tenorio examines how, and why now, the promotion of healthy lifestyles has been positioned as an ideal 'solution' to obesity and how this shapes the preparation, sale and consumption of food in schools in Mexico.