Obesity: Global Impact and Epidemiology

Obesity Global Impact and Epidemiology Obesity continues to accelerate resulting in an unprecedented epidemic that shows no significant signs of slowing down any time soon.\n\nThe World Health Organization reports that in 2016, nearly 2 billion adults were overweight and that worldwide obesity has nearly tripled since 1975. Obesity: Global Impact and Epidemiology is an important tool in proving a link to new knowledge, serving researchers and clinicians. The field of obesity is evolving very quickly and there is an abundance of scientific data that has emerged and is emerging constantly. Researchers and physicians need new updated information about the epidemiology and global impact of obesity that come from authors that have a wide perspective in the field. For health professionals and researchers, there is a need to understand how obesity begins. While a simple question, the answer is very complex.Serves as a starting point for in-depth discussions in academic settings, leading to revised and updated treatment options for practicing obesity-treatment specialists Offers practical information about the methodology of epidemiologic studies of obesity Updated important source of information for clinicians and scientists in the field of obesity Obesity: Global Impact and Epidemiology 1st Edition is written by Raman Mehrzad and published by Elsevier (S&T). ISBNs for Obesity are 9780128188408, 0128188405 and the print ISBNs are 9780128188392, 0128188391.