Author : Timothy Gill
Publisher : Woodhead Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780081015834
Total Pages : 570 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Managing and Preventing Obesity: Behavioural Factors and Dietary Interventions by : Timothy Gill
Download or read book Managing and Preventing Obesity: Behavioural Factors and Dietary Interventions written by Timothy Gill and published by Woodhead Publishing. This book was released on 2017-11-13 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Obesity is an increasing problem on a global scale, and strategies for its prevention involve experts from many disciplines including nutritionists, physicians, policy-makers and public health professionals. This book covers the latest advances in obesity development, management and prevention with specific focus on dietary interventions. Part one covers the development of obesity and key drivers for its continuation and increase. Part two looks at the role of specific dietary components in obesity management, and part three discusses the role of behavioural factors such as eating patterns in managing and preventing obesity. Part four focuses on structured dietary interventions for obesity treatment, and part five looks at public interventions and consumer issues. Reviews how different foods and diets can affect obesity managementExamines various ways of preventing and treating obesityExplores how governments and industries are preventing and treating obesity