Handbook of Obesity Treatment

Bys: Thomas A. Wadden and Albert J. Stunkard

Book Overview

This volume brings together an array of leading experts to discuss the causes and consequences of obesity today and present a comprehensive framework for treatment. Following on the success of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1572307226
• ISBN13: 9781572307223
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: The Guilford Press
• Length: 624 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 1.3" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

A Very Valuable Book About Obesity and Its Treatment

This book is a necessary resource for anyone who wishes the latest and most reliable information about obesity and weight loss approaches. Both editors are internationally acclaimed researchers and clinicians who combine scientific expertise and clinical experience. They have assembled a stellar cast of contributors who are very prominent and knowledgeable in their particular fields. The scope of coverage is exhaustive; in this one volume the reader can access up-to-date information on all aspects of obesity and its treatment, at levels ranging from the gene to the globe. At the same time the book is anything but exhausting, with skillfully edited chapters that are tight and very readable.After more than 20 years of clinical work and research in weight loss and obesity, I am increasingly humbled by how much we don't know. I am also increasingly overwhelmed by the explosion of new information. This book is a comprehensive collection of summaries of what we now know in all of the many different fields of research and practice that address weight and weight loss. Anyone with an interest in obesity and weight loss, whether professional, student, or curious and serious layperson, will find this volume to be a real gem. Patrick M. O'Neil, Ph.D.Director, Weight Management CenterProfessor of Psychiatry and Behavioral SciencesMedical University of South Carolina