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Obesity: The Venus of Willendorf

Obesity: The Venus of Willendorf

Eckdahl, Todd T.

Paperback

Diet & NutritionMedical ReferenceGenetics

Publisher Price: $49.95

ISBN10: 1944749713
ISBN13: 9781944749712
Publisher: Momentum Pr
Published: Dec 11 2018
Pages: 92
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.19 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
This book describes how obesity results from an imbalance between the intake of food energy and the expenditure of energy from physical activity and increases the risk of serious health problems including heart disease, stroke, osteoarthritis, and several types of cancer.

Obesity is a global health problem that has reached epidemic levels. The worldwide prevalence of adult obesity is 13 percent of adults and 7 percent of children. The author explains how body mass index (BMI) can be used to screen for obesity, but that its diagnosis depends on clinical measurement of total body fat content and distribution. The book describes rare forms of obesity caused by a single gene or a genetic syndrome, and common obesity, a complex disease caused by multiple genetic and environmental risk factors.

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