Obesity epidemiology : from aetiology to public health / [electronic resource]
by Crawford, David.
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BookSeries: Epidemiology: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010Edition: 2nd ed.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 471 p.) : ill.ISBN: 9780191595097 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Obesity -- Epidemiology | Obesity -- Prevention | Obesity -- EtiologyOnline resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This textbook assists those concerned with understanding prevalence & trends in obesity; its health, social & economic consequences, causes of the obesity epidemic, existing evidence regarding strategies to prevent obesity, & the potential of public health initiatives to impact on the population prevalence of obesity.
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Previous ed.: published as Obesity prevention and public health. 2005.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This textbook assists those concerned with understanding prevalence & trends in obesity; its health, social & economic consequences, causes of the obesity epidemic, existing evidence regarding strategies to prevent obesity, & the potential of public health initiatives to impact on the population prevalence of obesity.
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