BookLarry C. James, John C. Linton, editors.
Summary: This title discusses obesity and shows how it is a major risk factor for a variety of cardiovascular, cardiopulmonary, endocrinologic, metabolic, musculoskeletal, and behavioral disorders.
Contents:
Introduction
1. Childhood obesity treatment literature review
2. Practical guidelines for childhood obesity interventions
3. Adolescent obesity: review of the treatment literature
4. Adolescent obesity
5. Innovations in preventing and treating obesity in children and adolescents: the role of physical activity interventions
6. Why do some people lose weight and keep it off? Ten common steps for successful weight loss over the lifespan
7. Obesity and older adults: to lose or not to lose???
8. Low-intensity exercise as a treatment intervention in obese adults
9. Bariatric surgery
Books, NIH and Journal Helpful References
Web-Based Resources
Index.