Nuevos retos en la prevención de la obesidad: tratamientos y calidad de vida
Nuevos retos en la prevención de la obesidad: tratamientos y calidad de vida

Author:

Publisher: Fundacion BBVA

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 445

ISBN-13: 849293736X

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El objetivo de este libro, cuyo origen es el ciclo de conferencias que la doctora Monereo impartió en la Fundación BBVA en marzo de 2012, es recoger el conocimiento científico sobre la obesidad, sus causas y consecuencias, y las soluciones para erradicarla. Para ello, analiza la situación partiendo de su carácter epidémico en el mundo y su relación con los cambios medioambientales ocurridos en los últimos años. Asimismo, revisa aspectos médicos y sociales de las causas que la producen desde el punto de vista de la genética, la nutrición o la falta de actividad física, así como sus consecuencias sobre la salud física y mental. Por último, pensando en la prevención y las soluciones, distingue entre métodos sustentados sobre bases científicas de aquellos otros que, aun con visos aparentes de efectividad, no están probados científicamente.

Disease-related Malnutrition
Disease-related Malnutrition

Author: Rebecca J. Stratton

Publisher: CABI

Published: 2003-01-01

Total Pages: 445

ISBN-13: 0851996485

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Disease-related malnutrition is a global public health problem. The consequences of disease-related malnutrition are numerous, and include shorter survival rates, lower functional capacity, longer hospital stays, greater complication rates, and higher prescription rates. Nutritional support, in the form of oral nutritional supplements or tube feeding, has proven to lead to an improvement in patient outcome. This book is unique in that it draws together the results of numerous different studies that demonstrate the benefits of nutritional support and provides an evidence base for it. It also discusses the causes, consequences, and prevalence of disease-related malnutrition, and provides insights into the best possible use of enteral nutritional support.

The Women's Health and Aging Study
The Women's Health and Aging Study

Author: Jack M. Guralnik

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1996-07

Total Pages: 407

ISBN-13: 0788131222

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Designed to help in the understanding of the causes & course of disability in older women. Offers an excellent overview of diseases & disability & their impact on older women. Covers: adaptation to disability, physical performance measures, the daily lives of disabled older women, utilization of health services, mental health & general well-being, pulmonary diseases & conditions, musculoskeletal disease, neurological conditions, vision & hearing, medication use, instrumental & emotional support, adaptation to disability, & much more.

Patient-Centered Medicine
Patient-Centered Medicine

Author: Moira Stewart

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2013-12-28

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 1909368032

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This long awaited Third Edition fully illuminates the patient-centered model of medicine, continuing to provide the foundation for the Patient-Centered Care series. It redefines the principles underpinning the patient-centered method using four major components - clarifying its evolution and consequent development - to bring the reader fully up-to-

The Pocket Guide to Health Promotion
The Pocket Guide to Health Promotion

Author: Glenn Laverack

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

Published: 2014-07-16

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 0335264735

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The 'Pocket Guide to Health Promotion' is a short, punchy and practical guide aimed at students and practitioners. The book includes precise definitions and examples of key concepts and methods in health promotion practice and a chapter by chapter description of the management planning, strategy selection, implementation and evaluation of health promotion programmes. Written in an accessible and concise style, the book offers the reader a practical and flexible resource that is ideal for students and practitioners looking to plan and implement health promotion activities. A must buy for those new to health promotion or who want a pocket guide to this core health activity. "Clearly written and practical, this excellent guide will prove indispensible to practitioners of health promotion globally, and a very useful starting point for students. It will be worth buying a pocket to put it in!" David Ross, Professor of Epidemiology and International Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK "The Pocket Guide to Health Promotion is easy to navigate with complex concepts in health promotion explained in a user-friendly way. Whether you are practicing health promotion or studying the discipline, this will be a welcome addition to any book shelf." Dr James Woodall, Co-Director of the Centre for Health Promotion Research & Course Leader MSc Public Health, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK

Cancer Control
Cancer Control

Author: World Health Organization

Publisher: World Health Organization

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 57

ISBN-13: 9241547529

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Cancer Control: knowledge into action: WHO guide for effective programmes is a series of six modules offering guidance on all important aspects of effective cancer control planning and implementation. This Policy and advocacy module provides tools and advice on how to plan and advocate for sustainable cancer control policy and effective programme implementation. It outlines the capacity required for collaboration and communication, and sets out the optimal roles of various groups in advocacy. It recommends practical action steps, indicating how diverse groups can support effective cancer control efforts. This module is intended to help build knowledge, confidence, skills and passion for action in people concerned about cancer. Its target audience ranges from policy-makers to implementers of cancer control plans at national, regional or local level.

Critical Medical Anthropology
Critical Medical Anthropology

Author: Jennie Gamlin

Publisher: UCL Press

Published: 2020-03-12

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 1787355829

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Critical Medical Anthropology presents inspiring work from scholars doing and engaging with ethnographic research in or from Latin America, addressing themes that are central to contemporary Critical Medical Anthropology (CMA). This includes issues of inequality, embodiment of history, indigeneity, non-communicable diseases, gendered violence, migration, substance abuse, reproductive politics and judicialisation, as these relate to health. The collection of ethnographically informed research, including original theoretical contributions, reconsiders the broader relevance of CMA perspectives for addressing current global healthcare challenges from and of Latin America. It includes work spanning four countries in Latin America (Mexico, Brazil, Guatemala and Peru) as well as the trans-migratory contexts they connect and are defined by. By drawing on diverse social practices, it addresses challenges of central relevance to medical anthropology and global health, including reproduction and maternal health, sex work, rare and chronic diseases, the pharmaceutical industry and questions of agency, political economy, identity, ethnicity, and human rights.