Treating and Preventing Obesity

In den vergangenen Jahrzehnten nahm der Anteil Übergewichtiger besonders unter Kindern und Jugendlichen in vielen Ländern dramatisch zu. Dieser Leitfaden hilft Ärzten und Krankenversicherern, die in einem gegebenen Stadium der Ernährungsstörung wirksamste und gleichzeitig kostengünstigste Therapie auszuwählen. Zahlreiche Tabellen, eine Checkliste zur Qualitätssicherung und ein ausführliches Glossar ergänzen den Text.

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Obesity now represents a serious problem in industrialized nations. An increasingly large number of people, especially children, are overweight - leading to subsequent illness and a reduced life expectancy.

At long last, with this first evidence-based review of the current intervention strategies for treating and preventing obesity clinicians and health insurers have a guide that allows them to select the most efficient and cost-effective method of treatment for any given state of the illness. The whole is backed by extensive tables, a checklist for quality assurance and an extensive glossary.

With a foreword by George A. Bray, Boyd Professor at Louisiana State University and Chief of the Clinical Obesity section:
""Treating and Preventing Obesity - An Evidence Based Review" provides a careful and thoughtful assessment of this disease and the options for its control and treatment. It started with the medical model where cure is the outcome. This valuable report provides a timely new analysis of a growing problem."