Handbook of Obesity Treatment, Hardcover by Wadden, Thomas A. (EDT); Bray, Ge...

Handbook of Obesity Treatment, Hardcover by Wadden, Thomas A. (EDT); Bray, George A. (EDT), ISBN 1462535569, ISBN-13 9781462535569, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UKThis handbook consists of 42 chapters on the treatment of obesity. Specialists working in various areas of medicine in North America, Europe, and Malaysia address the prevalence, consequences, and etiology of obesity; behavioral, environmental, and psychosocial contributors, including food intake and eating behavior, physical activity, sleep, environmental and economic influences, psychosocial factors, and eating disorders and addiction; the health consequences of weight loss on morbidity and mortality, psychological and cognitive function, and physical function and quality of life; the medical and behavioral assessment of patients with obesity; the treatment of obesity in adults; additional approaches to treatment, with discussion of treatment in racial/ethnic minority populations, the treatment of obesity in primary care, commercial weight loss programs, the treatment of eating disorders, and body image dissatisfaction; and childhood obesity and obesity prevention. This edition has been revised and expanded with new topics, such as the field of obesity medicine and improving reimbursement for weight loss therapies; new chapters on novel treatments for adults, including acceptance and commitment therapy, motivational interviewing, ly based interventions, behavioral economics, community-based programs, and nonsurgical devices; new chapters on novel treatments for children and adolescents, including school-based preventive interventions, the anticipated approval of weight loss medications, and bariatric surgery; updated coverage of the causes of obesity; and new chapters on the gut microbiome and behavioral, environmental, and psychosocial influences. Annotation ©2019 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR ()