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• Title:Evaluation & management of obesity / [edited by] Daniel H. Bessesen, Robert Fushner.
  
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• Variant Title:Evaluation and management of obesity
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Bessesen, Daniel H., 1956-
  Kushner, Robert F., 1953-
  
• Published/Created:Philadelphia : Hanley & Belfus, ©2002.
  

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  • Location:BMB LIBRARY (VGH) stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WD210 .E833 2002
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WD210 .E833 2002
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Obesity--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
  
• Medical Subjects: Obesity--prevention & control.
  Obesity--therapy.
  
• Description:xiii, 190 p. : illustrations.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:1560534699 (alk. paper)
  
• Contents:1. Defining the Scope of the Problem of Obesity / Robert Kushner
  2. Office-based Obesity Care: Setting Up the Office Environment / Robert Kushner
  3. Medical Evaluation of the Overweight or Obese Patient / Daniel H. Bessesen
  4. Body Composition Analysis / David Heber and Susan Bowerman
  5. Goals and Strategies to Improve Behavior-Change Effectiveness / Gary D. Foster
  6. Applying Stages of Change Theory to Office-Based Counseling / Daniel H. Bessesen
  7. Diets / Dawn Jackson, Amy Baltes and Robert Kushner
  8. Commercial Programs / Dawn Jackson and Robert Kushner
  9. Role of Meal Replacements in Weight Control / Susan Bowerman
  10. Talking to Patients About Popular Diet Books / Daniel H. Bessesen
  11. Very-Low-Calorie Diets / Robert Kushner
  12. Physical Activity Considerations for Management of Body Weight / John Jackicic and Kara I. Gallagher
  13. Non-Prescription Weight-loss Products / David Heber
  14. Pharmacologic Therapy / Robert Kushner
  15. Ethical Considerations in the Use of Medications / Daniel H. Bessesen
  16. Surgical Treatment of Obesity / Robert Kushner
  17. National Weight Control Registry / Holly R. Wyatt, Rena Wing and James O. Hill
  18. Primary Care Management of Pediatric Obesity / Thomas N. Robinson
  19. Insurance Coverage for Obesity Treatments / Morgan Downey
  20. Obesity Web Resources for Health Professionals / Laura Primak
  21. Regulation of Appetite by the Central Nervous System / Daniel H. Bessesen
  22. Obesity and the Environment / James O. Hill and John C. Peters.