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The Obesity Reality
A Comprehensive Approach to a Growing Problem
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2012
Summary
Although every day we read news reports linking health problems to diet and lifestyle, there remains a dearth of books on the topic that consider obesity from a variety of standpoints that include medical, personal, financial, and related considerations. The Obesity Reality discusses these viewpoints to explain how and why the problem exists both in the United States and around the world, and in men, women, children.
More than a billion people are overweight and that number is expected to increase substantially over the next decade. How can we live past 90 while being obese? How can we remain healthy until our last breath? During the last decade, doctors have been successfully applying medical principles to the search for an obesity cure. But there is no magic medication, no vaccine that can head off the obesity epidemic as sweeps across the planet. Dr. Ali discusses the realities of obesity and its repercussions, which include poor health, high medical costs, restrictions on lifestyle and activities, and more. He shows how we can address obesity, starting in childhood, to prevent it from getting worse, both on a personal and on a societal level, and how we can reverse its effects through proper diet, exercise, and lifestyle choices as well as medical procedures and medications.
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Copyright year
2012
ISBN-Print
978-1-4422-1446-0
ISBN-Online
978-1-4422-1448-4
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
332
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Contents No access
Disclaimer No access
Prologue No access
Chapter 1: Understanding Obesity No access
Chapter 2: The Diagnosis No access
Chapter 3: Causes and Symptoms No access
Chapter 4: Treatment No access
Chapter 5: Obesity in America No access
Chapter 6: Worldwide Obesity No access
Chapter 7: Childhood Obesity No access
Chapter 8: Obesity and Mental Health No access
Chapter 9: Blame and Guilt No access
Chapter 10: The Economics of Obesity No access
Chapter 11: The Art of Exercise No access
Chapter 12: Finding Motivation No access
Appendix A: Obesity-Related Websites No access Pages 255 - 256
Appendix B: Research and Training No access Pages 257 - 260
Appendix C: Obesity-Related Organizations No access Pages 261 - 264
Appendix D: Selected Studies No access Pages 265 - 268
