Handbook of Obesity – Volume 2: Clinical Applications, Fourth Edition

Overview

This fourth-edition volume concentrates on the clinical side of obesity: prevention, assessment, treatment selection, and the consequences of weight reduction. George A. Bray and Claude Bouchard bring together material on lifestyle, medicines, and surgery, with attention to both adults and younger patients. It complements the scientific emphasis of Volume 1 rather than duplicating that volume's purpose.

What this book covers

• Prevention in childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, including the built environment.
• Classification, assessment, and interpretation of measures of adiposity.
• Dietary, activity, behavioral, pharmacological, and surgical approaches.
• Clinical outcomes and the challenges of maintaining weight reduction.

Who it’s for

Health-sciences students, obesity researchers, and clinicians comparing the foundations of different management approaches. This is the fourth edition, not the separate fifth-edition listing.

How to study with this book

Build a comparison table of the interventions discussed, recording their intended populations, outcome measures, and limitations. Check subsequent guidelines separately when studying changes since this edition.

Digital format

PDF. This listing is for a digital resource. Publisher-platform subscriptions, activation codes, and supplementary materials are included only when expressly listed with this product.