Weight management and obesity /
"Overweight and obesity now afflict the majority of U.S. adults and a large percentage of U.S. children. In addition, diet-related chronic diseases that used to be exclusively observed among adults (e.g., cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and hypertension) are now being detected...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Momentum Press Health,
2016.
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Edición: | First edition. |
Colección: | Nutrition and dietetics practice collection.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Fundamentals of nutrition, calorie balance, and body weight
- Epidemiology and health consequences of obesity
- Factors contributing to overweight and obesity
- Nutrition assessment
- Weight loss intervention : porgram characteristics and components
- Weight loss intervention : goal setting
- Weight loss intervention : energy and macronutrient approaches to calorie reduction
- Weight loss intervention : basic concepts for nutrition education
- Weight loss intervention : behavior modification
- Weight loss intervention : medications
- Weight loss intervention : weight loss surgery
- Physical activity.