Frank Hu

Obesity Epidemiology

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

During the past twenty years there has been a dramatic increase in obesity in the United States. An estimated 30% of adults in the US are obese; in 1980, only 15% were. This book offers practical information about the methodology of epidemiologic studies of obesity, suitable for students and researchers in epidemiology, public health and nutrition.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 512
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. März 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 263mm x 182mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 1096g
• ISBN-13: 9780195312911
• ISBN-10: 0195312910
• Artikelnr.: 23059470

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Study Designs and Measurements
1: Introduction to Obesity Epidemiology
2: Descriptive Epidemiology of Obesity Trends
3: Analytic Epidemiologoic Study Designs in Obesity Research
4: Interpreting Epidemiologic Evidence and Causal Inferences in Obesity Research
5: Measurement of Adiposity and Body Composition
6: Dietary Assessment Methods
7: Physical Activity Measurements
Part II: Epidemiologic Studies of Consequences of Obesity
8: Metabolic Consequences of Obesity
9: Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease
10: Obesity and Cancer
11: Obesity and Mortality
12: Obesity and Health-related Quality of Life
13: Economic Cost of Obesity
Part III: Epidemiologic Studies of Determinants of Obesity
14: Diet and Nutrition
15: Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviors, and Obesity
16: Sleep Deprivation and Obesity
17: Social Determinants of Obesity
18: Metabolic and Hormonal Predictors of Obesity
19: Developmental Origins of Obesity
20: Predictors and Consequences of Childhood Obesity
21: Genetic Predictors of Obesity
22: Gene-environment Interactions and Obesity