TY - BOOK AU - Bray,George A. TI - A guide to obesity and the metabolic syndrome: origins and treatment SN - 9781439814574 (alk. paper) AV - RC 628 B63.2011 PY - 2011///, CY - Boca Raton, FL PB - CRC Press KW - Obesity KW - Obesidad KW - Metabolic syndrome KW - Síndrome metabólico N1 - Incluye bibliografía (páginas 281-360) e índice; Origins of obesity in the scientific era : 1500 AD to the present -- Definitions, measurement, and prevalence -- Genetic, metabolic, and social origins of obesity -- Effects of obesity on health and metabolism -- Prevention, evaluation, and introduction to treatment -- Lifestyle, diet, & exercise : cognitive solutions -- Medications for obesity -- Surgery for obesity -- Post-script : obesity in the twenty first century ER -