Practical Guide Identification, Evaluation, And Treatment Of Overweight And Obesity In Adults

This guide is largely based on the evidence of an Evidence Report issued in 1998 by the National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute's Obesity Education Initiative: Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, & Treatment of Overweight & Obesity in Adults. This guide describes how health care practitioners can provide their patients with the direction & support needed to effectively lose weight & keep it off. Provides the basic tools needed to assess & manage overweight & obesity. The guide includes practical information on dietary therapy, physical activity, & behavior therapy, while also providing guidance on the appropriate use of pharmacotherapy & surgery as treatment options. Illustrated.Pi-Sunyer, F. Xavier is the author of 'Practical Guide Identification, Evaluation, And Treatment Of Overweight And Obesity In Adults', published 2000 under ISBN 9780756719180 and ISBN 0756719186.