A Clinical Guide for Management of Overweight and Obese Children and Adults

by Caroline M. Apovian

While unhealthy diet and sedentary behaviors are second only to smoking as the leading preventable cause of death in the U.S., less than 45 percent of adult and pediatric obese patients received any prior advice from a physician to lose weight. The low rate of identification and treatment of obesity by physicians can often be attributed to lack of awareness, lack of counseling skills, and the high rate of recidivism in overweight patients. A Clinical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0849330858
• ISBN13: 9780849330858
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"