Obesity Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, and Treatment: A Multidisciplinary Approach : 9781771880084

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.

The book provides a comprehensive perspective on the subject of obesity epidemiology, pathophysiology, and management of obesity. The chapters provide a better understanding of obesity and obesity-related diseases and offer an integrative framework for individualized dietary and exercise programs, behavior modification, pharmaceutical approaches, surgery, and population interventions to reduce the growing epidemic of obesity.