Weight Management: A Practitioner’s Guide

An increasingly wide range of patients of different age, ethnicity and social background often combined with other clinical conditions such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease or osteoporosis now find themselves battling against obesity and many health professionals become frustrated, feeling ill-equipped to handle each unique case with the one-size-fits-all approach offered by the “eat less, exercise more” mantra. Weight Management: A Practitioner′s Guide explains how effective evidence-based programmes structured in a manner addressing the key components of diet and physical activity integrated with a behavioural approach could offer the solution to the obesity epidemic.
This exciting new book from renowned experts Dympna Pearson and Clare Grace provides practitioners and those studying to become practitioners and public health professionals with a much needed modern guide that clearly presents the latest evidence underpinning treatments and uses a step-wise approach to implementing programmes and building skills and confidence. Written with the express needs of practitioners and related health professionals at its core, this book will be a ready reference for those working in both acute and community settings throughout the different and demanding stages of the weight management process.

∗ A practical guide to tackling weight management
∗ Covers diet, exercise and behavioural therapy
∗ Written for health professionals, by health professionals
∗ Includes advice on continuity of care and handling group programmes

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Introduction to Clinical Nutrition

"Introduction to Clinical Nutrition" by Vishwanath Sardesai
CRC | 565 pages | English | 2003 | ISBN: 0824740939 | PDF | 3,0 MB

One of the most valuable aspects of this book is its comprehensive introduction to 'hot topics' in the field of nutrition, including nutritional aspects of genetic disorders, antioxidants, dietary supplements, organic foods, fad diets, leptin and obesity, and hair analysis. A useful up-to-date resource for practicing dietitians and a good supplementary text for nutrition students.

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Handbook of Eating Disorders

Handbook of Eating Disorders
Publisher: Wiley | ISBN: 0471497681 | edition 2003 | PDF | 493 pages | 10,7 mb

In this second edition of the Handbook of Eating Disorders every chapter has been rewritten. This was necessary to reflect not only the many advances in knowledge and understanding of eating disorders, but also the advances in communication between clinical and academic branches, and between countries. The second edition embraces this more coherent, integrated approach. The spectrum of what is termed an eating disorder now includes obesity, and new conditions such as binge eating disorder have emerged. In this new edition, many chapters now encompass both the lean and obese ends of the spectrum so that each may benefit from understanding gained in the other. To further encourage this synthesis and consensus, chapter authors have been paired with colleagues in other schools, countries or disciplines.

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Management of Childhood Obesity

Management of Childhood Obesity By Elizabeth Poskitt, Laurel Edmunds
Publisher: Cambridge University Press 2008 | 232 Pages | ISBN: 0521609771 | PDF | 2 MB

Childhood obesity is one of the most serious problems facing the developed world. It is damaging to the medical and psychological well-being of the child and casts a shadow on their future health, leading to serious illness and ultimately premature death. Management of Childhood Obesity provides practical, realistic and easily implemented advice on sensitive approaches to children and their families in a very accessible form for all practitioners involved in the care of overweight children. Changes to diet and activity are reviewed in detail but also with the whole spectrum of eating within the family and community, including sedentariness and the significance of sleep in preventing overweight.

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The Rise of Obesity in Europe

 

The Rise of Obesity in Europe By Derek J. Oddy, Peter J. Atkins, Virginie Amilien
Publisher: Ashgate 2009 | 224 Pages | ISBN: 075467696X | PDF | 2 MB

Twentieth century Europe went through a dramatic transition from low income populations experiencing hunger and nutritionally inadequate diets, to the recent era of over-consumption and growing numbers of overweight and obese people. By examining the trends in food history from case studies across Europe, this book offers a historical context to explain how and why this transition has occurred and what we can learn in order to try and address the vitally important issues arising from obesity in contemporary Europe. 

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The Treatment of Eating Disorders: A Clinical Handbook

 

The Treatment of Eating Disorders: A Clinical Handbook By Carlos M. Grilo Phd, James E. Mitchell MD
Publisher: The Guilford Press 2009-10-27 | 606 Pages | ISBN: 1606234463 | PDF | 4.4 MB

Eminently practical and authoritative, this comprehensive clinical handbook brings together leading international experts on eating disorders to describe the most effective treatments and how to implement them. Coverage encompasses psychosocial, family-based, medical, and nutritional therapies for anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, and other eating disorders and disturbances. Especially noteworthy are “mini-manuals” that present the nuts and bolts of 11 of the treatment approaches, complete with reproducible handouts and forms. The volume also provides an overview of assessment, treatment planning, and medical management issues. Special topics include psychiatric comorbidities, involuntary treatment, support for caregivers, childhood eating disorders, and new directions in treatment research and evaluation.

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"This is a big book with a big task. Well-chosen authors contribute 35 chapters and over 600 pages of well-referenced text. In the world of systematic reviews and electronic literature searching, there is still an important role for a high-quality reference that offers not only data, but also perspective. This volume fills that role. It deserves to do well." - Bob Palmer, Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, United Kingdom

"A landmark contribution from internationally renowned clinical researchers. This practical volume informs the reader about state-of-the-art empirically based and promising treatments, and it provides a uniquely effective guide on how to deliver these treatments. A ‘must-have’ for clinicians, researchers, and students in the field." - David B. Herzog, Endowed Professor of Psychiatry in the Field of Eating Disorders, Harvard Medical School, USA

"Edited by two leaders in the field, with chapters from a ‘who’s who’ of cutting-edge researchers and clinicians, this book is an outstanding resource. It is a top-rate presentation of all the needed information." - Kelly D. Brownell, Department of Psychology and Director, Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, Yale University, USA

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