Practical Guide: Identification, Evaluation, & Treatment of Overweight & Obesity in Adults

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Year: 2000
Pages: 80
Binding Paperback

Product Code: 0756719186

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F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer (ed); David York & Claude Lenfant (fw). This guide is largely based on the evidence of an Evidence Report issued in 1998 by the National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute’s Obesity Education Initiative: Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, & Treatment of Overweight & Obesity in Adults. This guide describes how health care practitioners can provide their patients with the direction & support needed to effectively lose weight & keep it off. Provides the basic tools needed to assess & manage overweight & obesity. The guide includes practical information on dietary therapy, physical activity, & behavior therapy, while also providing guidance on the appropriate use of pharmacotherapy & surgery as treatment options. Illustrated.

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