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Obesity

Autor Elliott M. Blass
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 sep 2008
This book provides an integrated approach to both causes and mechanisms underlying obesity and offers principled steps toward prevention and fitness. Expert chapters are written by leaders in their respective fields.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780878932092
ISBN-10: 0878932097
Pagini: 80
Ilustrații: 80
Dimensiuni: 184 x 242 x 27 mm
Greutate: 1.16 kg
Editura: Sinauer Associates
Colecția Sinauer Associates
Locul publicării:Sunderland, United States

Cuprins

Critical Introduction to Obesity; Gerard P. Smith
The Epidemiology of Obesity: Causal Roots—Routes of Cause; Viktor E. Bovbjerg
Metabolic Influences on the Controls of Meal Size; Timothy H. Moran
Obesity and Addiction; Roy A. Wise
The Logic of Sensory and Hedonic Comparisons: Are the Obese Different?; Derek. J. Snyder and Linda M. Bartoshuk
Development of Eating Behavior: Immediate and Long-Term Consequences; Julie Lumeng
Learning and Hedonic Contributions to Human Obesity; Martin R. Yeomans
Exercise for Obesity Treatment and Prevention: Current Perspectives and Controversies; Shaun M. Filiault
Built Environments and Obesity; Jeffery Sobal and Brian Wansink
From Protocols to Populations: Establishing a Role for Energy Density of Food in the Obesity Epidemic; Marion M. Hetherington and Barbara J. Rolls
Proposed Modifications to the Food Stamp Program: Likely Effects and Their Policy Implications; Conner C. Mullally, Julian M. Alston, Daniel A. Sumner, Marilyn S. Townsend and Stephen A. Vosti
Environmental Food Messages and Childhood Obesity; Shauna Harrison, Darcy A. Thompson, and Dina L. G. Borzekowski
A Framework for the Treatment of Obesity: Early Support; Cecilia Bergh, Matthew Sabin, Julian Shield, Göran Hellers, Modjtaba Zandian, Karolina Palmberg, Barbo Olofsson, Kerstin Lindeberg, Mikael Björnström, and Per Södersten
Epilogue; Elliott M. Blass

Notă biografică

ELLIOTT M. BLASS, Ed. received his Ph.D. [Psychology] from the University of Virginia, USA and his postdoctoral training [Zoology] from the University of Pennsylvania, USA. He was on the faculty of Johns Hopkins University and Medical School, USA [Psychology and Psychiatry] for twenty years, during which time he was trained as a Psychiatry Resident. He taught for six years at Cornell [Psychology and Nutrition] and is now a Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience and Behavior at the University of Massachusetts, USA. Blass is also a Research Professor in Pediatrics at The Boston University School of Medicine, USA. His research interests have focused on feeding motivation, infant nutrition, mother–infant interactions, and obesity. He has served as a Johns Simon Guggenheim Research Fellow, a Fulbright Hayes Research Professor, and an NIMH Research Scientist.  

Caracteristici

Contributing authors are leaders in their respective fields
Discusses the multiple factors that have contributed to the obesity epidemic
Offers steps towards prevention and fitness, including feeding strageties

Descriere

This book discusses the causes and mechanisms underlying obesity. It discusses the factors that have contributed to the obesity epidemic, including social, cultural, medical, developmental and political influences, on individuals and at group levels. It offers steps towards prevention and fitness, including feeding strategies.

Recenzii

For those individuals who seek a more complex exploration of some of the major factors that contribute to obesity than what our mainstream culture provides, Elliott Blass's Obesity: Causes, Mechanisms, Prevention, and Treatment is an excellent start.