Nutrition and Obesity: Assessment, Management and Prevention - Kazaks, Alexandra; Stern, Judith S.
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Nutrition and Obesity: Assessment, Management and Prevention is a necessary, timely, and comprehensive text that provides an up-to-date, scientifically accurate study of our current understanding of the causes, consequences, and potential of individual and public responses to the serious health issue of obesity. It presents major concepts about obesity including new knowledge gained from recent advances in research on health risks, energy balance, eating behaviors, the biology of hunger and satiety, and pharmacotherapy and surgery as treatments for obesity. Additionally, the text sets obesity…mehr

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Nutrition and Obesity: Assessment, Management and Prevention is a necessary, timely, and comprehensive text that provides an up-to-date, scientifically accurate study of our current understanding of the causes, consequences, and potential of individual and public responses to the serious health issue of obesity. It presents major concepts about obesity including new knowledge gained from recent advances in research on health risks, energy balance, eating behaviors, the biology of hunger and satiety, and pharmacotherapy and surgery as treatments for obesity. Additionally, the text sets obesity in a public health context that includes local, national, and international environmental policy approaches to assessment and prevention.
Autorenporträt
Alexandra Kazaks has a PhD in nutritional biology from University of California, Davis. Dr. Kazaks has been a respected consultant for national health organizations and has frequently appeared as a featured speaker lecturing about diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and weight management. In addition to numerous research articles, she is the co-author of Obesity: A Reference Handbook (2009). Dr. Kazaks is currently a professor at Bastyr University.