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" Obesity : "
[edited by] Gareth Williams, Gema Frühbeck
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BL
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707120
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b529309
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| Title & Author
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Obesity : : science to practice /\ [edited by] Gareth Williams, Gema Frühbeck
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| Publication Statement
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Chichester, UK ;Hoboken, NJ :: Wiley,, 2009
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xvii, 585 p. :: col. ill., maps ;; 27 cm
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0470019115 (cloth)
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: 9780470019115 (cloth)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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History of obesity / George A. Bray -- Epidemiology and social impact of obesity / Neville Rigby ... [et al.] -- Key methodologies in obesity research and practice / Susan A. Jebb ... [et al.] -- Adipose tissue : development, anatomy and functions / Dominique Langin ... [et al.] -- The regulation of energy balance : an overview / Gareth Williams -- Control of eating / Wolfgang Langhans ... [et al.] -- Energy balance in humans / Ellen E. Blaak -- Aetiology of human obesity / John R. Speakman, David Levitsky -- Health hazards of obesity : an overview / Ronald C.W. Ma, Gary T.C. Ko, Juliana C.N. Chan -- Metabolic complications of obesity / Ronald Ma, Juliana Chan -- Liver disease in obesity / Nimantha de Alwis, Chris Day -- Cardiovascular disease and obesity / Gianluca Iacobellis, Arya M. Sharma -- Obesity and other diseases / Mimi Chen, Robert Andrews -- Social and psychological factors in obesity / Andrew J. Hill -- Assessment and investigation of obesity / Luc Van Gaal, Ilse Mertens -- Managing obesity : general approach and lifestyle intervention / Susanne Wiesner, Jens Jordan -- Pharmacological approaches for treating obesity / John Wilding -- Surgical approaches to the management of obesity / Mervyn Deitel -- Special considerations in managing obesity / Mimi Chen, Robert Andrews -- Eating disorders in obesity / Susan M. Byrne, Emma R. Dove -- Obesity in childhood / Julian Shield, Carolyn Summerbell -- Prevention of obesity / Tim Lobstein -- A look to the future / Gareth Williams, Gema Frühbeck
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| Subject
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Obesity, Textbooks
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Obesity
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| Dewey Classification
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616.85/26
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| LC Classification
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RC628.O296 2008
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| NLM classification
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2009 E-344
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WD 210O12583 2009
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Frühbeck, Gema
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Williams, Gareth,1952-
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