Author : Zoltán J. Ács
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 27,16 MB
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1847204066
The effects of obesity have become practically ubiquitous in the US. This book aims to provide an alternative framework through which to explore the important and controversial obesity debate that has spilled over from the medical community. This book is not about obesity as a medical condition, nor does it offer a wide-ranging discussion on the health effects of obesity or the role of the 'right' diet.
Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 19,51 MB
Release : 2010-09-23
Category :
ISBN : 926408486X
This book examines the scale and characteristics of the obesity epidemic, the respective roles and influence of market forces and governments, and the impact of interventions.
Author : Kristian Bolin
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 32,48 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0762314060
Focuses on the economics of obesity. This work assesses the impact of food quality, access to fast food, food prices, legislation, and other factors on diet, physical activity, and body weight. It calculates the impact of obesity on hospital costs and examines the externalities imposed by obesity through health insurance.
Author : Debasis Bagchi
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 537 pages
File Size : 39,88 MB
Release : 2010-10-12
Category : Medical
ISBN : 008096172X
Understanding the complex factors contributing to the growing childhood obesity epidemic is vital not only for the improved health of the world's future generations, but for the healthcare system. The impact of childhood obesity reaches beyond the individual family and into the public arenas of social systems and government policy and programs. Global Perspectives on Childhood Obesity explores these with an approach that considers the current state of childhood obesity around the world as well as future projections, the most highly cited factors contributing to childhood obesity, what it means for the future both for children and society, and suggestions for steps to address and potentially prevent childhood obesity. - This book will cover the multi-faceted factors contributing to the rapidly growing childhood obesity epidemic - The underlying causes and current status of rapidly growing obesity epidemic in children in the global scenario will be discussed - The strategies for childhood obesity prevention and treatment such as physical activity and exercise, personalized nutrition plans and school and community involvement will be presented
Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 26,91 MB
Release : 2010-12-24
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309149894
To battle the obesity epidemic in America, health care professionals and policymakers need relevant, useful data on the effectiveness of obesity prevention policies and programs. Bridging the Evidence Gap in Obesity Prevention identifies a new approach to decision making and research on obesity prevention to use a systems perspective to gain a broader understanding of the context of obesity and the many factors that influence it.
Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 39,67 MB
Release : 2017-07-02
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309457432
After decades of increases in the obesity rate among U.S. adults and children, the rate recently has dropped among some populations, particularly young children. What are the factors responsible for these changes? How can promising trends be accelerated? What else needs to be known to end the epidemic of obesity in the United States? To examine these and other pressing questions, the Roundtable on Obesity Solutions, of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, held a workshop in September 2016. The workshop brought together leaders from business, early care and education, government, health care, and philanthropy to discuss the most promising approaches for the future of obesity prevention and treatment. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.
Author : Monica M. Taylor
Publisher : Springer
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 37,35 MB
Release : 2017-11-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 3319689789
This book addresses the obesity epidemic from a political, economic and social perspective. Examining the populations that suffer the greatest from political and economic decision-making associated with obesity prevalence, this book utilizes a contemporary framework to discuss obesity. While it does examine the behavioral risks associated with rising obesity rates, it also explores the political level, by evaluating theories in social justice and the political economy that foster or restrict at-risk behaviors. It considers the economic context through rising income inequality levels in the US. It also critiques the actions of higher institutions, including transnational corporations, as social contributors to this epidemic. Finally, it compares global and national challenges of the epidemic.
Author : John Cawley
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 911 pages
File Size : 22,59 MB
Release : 2011-11-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0199736367
This volume summarizes the findings and insights of obesity-related research from the full range of social sciences including anthropology, economics, government, psychology, and sociology.
Author : Angus Dawson
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 15,2 MB
Release : 2007-01-18
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0199290695
In this volume a range of issues in public health ethics are explored using the resources of theory, political philosophy, philosophy of science, applied ethics, law and economics. [Ed.]
Author : Jan Gordeladze
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 45,63 MB
Release : 2017-03-15
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9535129953
This book is the first in a series of two, featuring the Adiposity - Epidemiology and Treatment Modalities, serving as a summary of the traditional views on how the organ systems are affected when higher organs start to suffer from enhanced body weight, where most of this additional weight consists of white adipose tissue (WAT). The understanding of the "epidemiology" of obesity will consequently enable clinicians and researchers to better understand the untoward "trends" of "metabolic aberrations" from a well-organized and health-bringing homeostasis, with fully responding WAT and BAT, thus enabling a balance between fat-producing and fat-metabolizing tissues for the benefit of the various organ systems taking care of the fat and carbohydrate metabolism, normally yielding a balanced energy turnover, ensuring "healthy" cell phenotypes, which optimally coordinate the energy metabolism in a well-functioning organism throughout a lifetime.
