| Description |
xiii, 498 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction to obesity epidemiology -- Descriptive epidemiology of obesity trends -- Analytic epidemiologic designs in obesity research -- Interpreting epidemiologic evidence and causal inference in obesity research -- Measurements of adiposity and body composition -- Dietary assessment methods -- Physical activity measurements -- Metabolic consequences of obesity -- Obesity and cardiovascular disease -- Obesity and cancer / Eugenia E. Calle -- Obesity and mortality -- Obesity and health-related quality of life / Daniel Kim and Ichiro Kawachi -- Economic costs of obesity / Graham A. Colditz and Y. Claire Wang -- Diet, nutrition, and obesity -- Physical activity, sedentary behaviors, and obesity -- Sleep deprivation and obesity / Sanjay R. Patel and Frank B. Hu -- Social determinants of obesity / Gary G. Bennett, Kathleen Y. Wolin, and Dustin T. Duncan -- Metabolic and hormonal predictors of obesity -- Developmental origins of obesity / Matthew W. Gillman -- Predictors and consequences of childhood obesity / Alison E. Field -- Genetic predictors of obesity -- Gene-environment interactions and obesity |
| Summary |
"Over the past two decades, epidemiologic research on determinants and consequences of obesity has exploded, in parallel with a surging epidemic of obesity worldwide. The analysis and interpretation of epidemiologic studies of obesity are complex because obesity is intertwined with diet and physical activity, variables that are measured with substantial errors. This book describes the state-of-the-art epidemiologic methods in conducting obesity research and in analyzing and interpreting epidemiologic data."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Obesity -- United States -- Epidemiology.
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Obesity -- Complications -- United States.
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Obesity -- Risk factors -- United States.
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Obesity -- epidemiology.
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Epidemiologic Methods.
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Obesity -- complications.
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Risk Factors.
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| SUBJECT |
United States. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 |
| LC no. |
2007029027 |
| ISBN |
9780195312911 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0195312910 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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