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The Obesity Epidemic and Its Management
Author(s): Dr Terry Maguire (Author), Prof David Haslam (Author)
- Publisher: Pharmaceutical Press
- Publication Date: 7 Dec. 2009
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 288 pages
- ISBN-10: 0853697868
- ISBN-13: 9780853697862
Book Description
This is a text for practicing pharmacists on the understanding, management and treatment of Obesity. Obesity is an important risk factor for a number of chronic conditions such as heart disease, stroke, some cancers and type two diabetes. It is responsible for more than 9000 premature deaths a year in England alone and is a growing problem both among adults and children especially in the UK and USA. Community pharmacists now have an increasingly important role in public health. The increased health promotion responsibility under the new contract in the UK and improved consultation facilities now available means that a book such as this is very timely. This text focuses on pharmacists care with the first part concentrating on the background and epidemiology of the problem, the current rates of obesity and the facts, also linking obesity with the emergence of potential public health crisis. Part two of the text focuses on the prevention of obesity including prevention on government level, psychological intervention and exercise and nutrition. The chapters then go on to include the pharmacological interventions including drugs available and also surgical interventions and diets. The closing chapter looks at the structure of the evolving services from community pharmacy nationally and internationally.
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Obesity is a growing problem among both adults and children, especially in the UK and USA. It causes more than 9000 premature deaths a year in England alone and is an important risk factor for a number of chronic conditions. As such, community pharmacists now have an increasingly important role in public health and a responsibility to patients to understand the causes and dangers of obesity, as well as the options for treatment. The Obesity Epidemic and its Management is a timely and insightful book in two parts. Part 1 discusses the background and epidemiology of the problem. Part 2 focuses on the prevention of obesity and various psychological, pharmacological and surgical interventions. In addition to addressing facts and figures and defining the problem and costs, topics covered also include: metabolic consequences obesity prevention government guidelines nutrition, fad diets and exercise services development in pharmacy. This book is aimed at the primary healthcare worker, the pharmacist, the GP and the practice or community nurse and is designed to provide a basic understanding of the problem and why it has become such a major public health crisis over the last 30 years. It will serve as an invaluable resource for any healthcare professional wishing to understand more about the causes, effects and treatments of obesity.Terry Maguire is Community Pharmacist at Proprietor Maguire Pharmacies, Belfast, Northern Ireland.David Haslam is Chair of the National Obesity Forum (NOF), London and Physician in Obesity Medicine, Luton and Dunstable Hospital, Luton, UK.
