"Originally published as Diabetes in Women, this comprehensive text on diagnosing, preventing, and treating diabetes in women performed well initially before in

This timely book provides an overview of topics related to obesity. These include associated health risks, childhood obesity, genetics, evaluation, treatment, b

Promotes the recognition, treatment, and prevention of conditions of overweight and obesity in the United States.

In the 2001 Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity, former Surgeon General David Satcher, MD, PhD, warned of the negati

Obesity is a hugely expensive and increasing problem worldwide,leading to disability, reproductive problems, depression andaccelerated metabolic and vascular di