Author(s): Hu, F. B.

Publisher address: 198 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10016, USA; Open University Press Inc. www.oup.com. Price GBP 26.99

Publication Year: 2008

Language(s): English

ISBN: 9780195312911

This book describes state-of-the-art epidemiologic methods in conducting obesity research and in analysing and interpreting epidemiologic data. It will be a valuable resource for obesity and chronic disease researchers, national and international organizations, and researchers and practitioners in nutrition, exercise and public health, and will also serve as a graduate-level text. The book contains 22 chapters which are organized into the following 3 parts: Study designs and measurements (7 chapters); Epidemiologic studies of consequences of obesity (6 chapters); and Epidemiologic studies of determinants of obesity (9 chapters). Individual chapters are: Introduction to obesity epidemiology (pp. 5–14, 73 ref.); Descriptive epidemiology of obesity trends (pp. 15–25, 49 ref.); Analytic epidemiologic designs in obesity research (pp. 26–37, 50 ref.); Interpreting epidemiologic evidence and causal inference in obesity research (pp. 38–52, 58 ref.); Measurements of adiposity and body composition (pp. 53–83, 144 ref.); Dietary assessment methods (pp. 84–118, 131 ref.); Physical activity measurements (pp. 119–145, 109 ref.); Metabolic consequences of obesity (pp. 149–173, 167 ref.); Obesity and cardiovascular disease (pp. 174–195, 77 ref.); Obesity and cancer (pp. 196–215, 156 ref.); Obesity and mortality (pp. 216–233, 58 ref.); Obesity and health-related quality of life (pp. 234–260, 82 ref.); Economics costs of obesity (pp. 261–271, 64 ref.); Diet, nutrition, and obesity (pp. 275–300, 145 ref.); Physical activity, sedentary behaviors, and obesity (pp. 301–319, 79 ref.); Sleep deprivation and obesity (pp. 320–341, 85 ref.); Social determinants of obesity (pp. 342–376, 237 ref.); Metabolic and hormonal predictors of obesity (pp. 377–398, 104 ref.); Developmental origins of obesity (pp. 399–415, 119 ref.); Predictors and consequences of childhood obesity (pp. 416–436, 140 ref.); Genetic predictors of obesity (pp. 437–460, 152 ref.); and Gene-environment interactions and obesity (pp. 461–485, 91 ref.). A 12-pp. subject index is also included.

Section: Food sciences

Keywords: BOOKS; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; OBESITY

Pages: xiii + 498pp.

Book

Accession number: 2009-05-Aj1876

Date added: 2-Mar-2009

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