Obesity Epidemiology

by Kylie Ball, Johannes Brug, David Crawford, et al.

Although recognised clinically for some time as an important condition that increases risk of ill-health in affected individuals, it is only recently that obesity had been recognised as a population-wide problem that requires preventive action. Obesity is a major contributor to diseases and disability, the associated health costs are enormous and obesity has already reached epidemic proportions in many countries, and incidence is continuing to increase...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199571511
• ISBN13: 9780199571512
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 9.7" x 6.9"