Adult Obesity: A Paediatric Challenge (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780415300155)

While it is increasingly clear that adult obesity begins in childhood, preventing this condition is a major challenge for the pediatrician. Adult Obesity: A Paediatric Challenge highlights the causes and consequences of obesity, bringing a modern understanding to the treatment of a heavily stigmatized problem. This collection of essays, based on presentations made at a national symposium on obesity, focuses on managing the condition and its outcomes. World renowned authors offer a wide-ranging perspective of obesity as a global problem and explore its devastating metabolic, social, and political impact.

Author: Linda Voss
ISBN-10: 0415300150
ISBN-13: 9780415300155
Publisher: CRC Press
Language: English
Published: 06/19/2003
Pages: 104
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.76h x 5.66w x 0.45d