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Public Health Mini-Guides: Obesity
Nick Townsend (Edited by), Angela Scriven (Edited by)
9780702046346, Elsevier Health Sciences
Paperback, published 3 January 2014
144 pages
27 x 18 x 1.1 cm, 0.16 kg
"The stats and overview would provide a student of occupational health with excellent data as an introduction to the topic or for a Member of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine project. The book would also be useful for anyone preparing a presentation or policy on the topic, but it is not going to meet the needs of the practitioner looking for solutions in the workplace." Reviewed by: Nerys Williams on behalf of the Occupational Medicine Journal, Jan 2015
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. "..useful for anyone preparing a presentation or policy on the topic." Reviewed by Nerys Williams on behalf of Occupational Medicine, January 2015 Understanding is facilitated through:
1. Defining the obesity problem 2. Obesity prevalence and trends 3. The health consequences of obesity 4. Causes of obesity 5. Individual interventions to treat obesity 6. Population approaches to preventing obesity References Index
Subject Areas: Midwifery [MQD], Community nursing [MQCX], Nursing [MQC], Nursing & ancillary services [MQ], Public health & preventive medicine [MBN]
