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  Title

  Weight in America : obesity, eating disorders, and other health risks

  Author

  Wexler, Barbara  

  Publisher:

  Gale Cengage Learning,

  Pub date:

  c2013.

  Pages:

  viii, 209 p. :

  ISBN:

  9781414481500

  Item info:

  2 copies available at Sugar Grove Campus --Todd Library and Aurora Campus.
  

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    Sugar Grove Campus --Todd Library	Copies	Material	Location	Map
    RA645 .O23 W49 2012	1	Reference Book	Contemporary Issues
    Aurora Campus	Copies	Material	Location	Map
    RA645 .O23 W49 2012	1	Reference Book	Contemporary Issues

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  ISBN:

  9781414481500

  ISBN:

  1414481500

  Personal Author:

  Wexler, Barbara

  Title:

  Weight in America : obesity, eating disorders, and other health risks / Barbara, Wexler

  Edition:

  2012 ed.

  Publication info:

  Detroit, Mich. : Gale Cengage Learning, c2013.

  Physical description:

  viii, 209 p. : ill., chart, map ; 28 cm.

  Series Statement:

  (The information plus reference series)

  Contents:

  Ch 1. Americans weigh in over time -- ch 2. Weight and physical health -- ch 3. The influences of mental health and culture on weight and eating disorders -- ch 4. Diet, nutrition, and weight isseus among children and adolescents -- ch 5. Dietary treatment for overweight and obesity -- ch 6. Physical activity, drugs, surgery, and other treatments for overweight and obesity -- ch 7. The economics of overweight and obesity -- ch 8. Political, legal, and social issues of overweight and obesity -- ch 9. Diet and weight-loss lore, myths, and controversies -- ch 10. Preventing overweight and obesity -- ch 11. Public opinion and action about diet, weight, nutrition, and physical activity.

  Summary:

  Provides information from academic and governmental sources on every aspect of overweight, obesity, and eating disorders, including their prevalence in the United States, their consequences, public opinion about them, and methods of combating them.

  Held by:

  TODD AURORA

  Subject term:

  Obesity--United States.

  Subject term:

  Obesity--United States--Statistics.

  Subject term:

  Eating disorders--United States.

  Subject term:

  Eating disorders--United States--Statistics.

  Added Entry-Corporate Name:

  Information Plus (Firm : Wylie, Tex.)

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