Obesity, Business and Public Policy
Obesity, Business and Public Policy

Author: Zoltán J. Ács

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 285

ISBN-13: 1847204066

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The effects of obesity have become practically ubiquitous in the US. This book aims to provide an alternative framework through which to explore the important and controversial obesity debate that has spilled over from the medical community. This book is not about obesity as a medical condition, nor does it offer a wide-ranging discussion on the health effects of obesity or the role of the 'right' diet.

Obesity and the Economics of Prevention Fit not Fat
Obesity and the Economics of Prevention Fit not Fat

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2010-09-23

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 926408486X

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This book examines the scale and characteristics of the obesity epidemic, the respective roles and influence of market forces and governments, and the impact of interventions.

The Obesity Epidemic
The Obesity Epidemic

Author: Monica M. Taylor

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-11-16

Total Pages: 94

ISBN-13: 3319689789

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This book addresses the obesity epidemic from a political, economic and social perspective. Examining the populations that suffer the greatest from political and economic decision-making associated with obesity prevalence, this book utilizes a contemporary framework to discuss obesity. While it does examine the behavioral risks associated with rising obesity rates, it also explores the political level, by evaluating theories in social justice and the political economy that foster or restrict at-risk behaviors. It considers the economic context through rising income inequality levels in the US. It also critiques the actions of higher institutions, including transnational corporations, as social contributors to this epidemic. Finally, it compares global and national challenges of the epidemic.

The Economics of Obesity
The Economics of Obesity

Author: Kristian Bolin

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 389

ISBN-13: 0762314060

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Focuses on the economics of obesity. This work assesses the impact of food quality, access to fast food, food prices, legislation, and other factors on diet, physical activity, and body weight. It calculates the impact of obesity on hospital costs and examines the externalities imposed by obesity through health insurance.

Global Perspectives on Childhood Obesity
Global Perspectives on Childhood Obesity

Author: Debasis Bagchi

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2010-10-12

Total Pages: 537

ISBN-13: 008096172X

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Understanding the complex factors contributing to the growing childhood obesity epidemic is vital not only for the improved health of the world's future generations, but for the healthcare system. The impact of childhood obesity reaches beyond the individual family and into the public arenas of social systems and government policy and programs. Global Perspectives on Childhood Obesity explores these with an approach that considers the current state of childhood obesity around the world as well as future projections, the most highly cited factors contributing to childhood obesity, what it means for the future both for children and society, and suggestions for steps to address and potentially prevent childhood obesity. - This book will cover the multi-faceted factors contributing to the rapidly growing childhood obesity epidemic - The underlying causes and current status of rapidly growing obesity epidemic in children in the global scenario will be discussed - The strategies for childhood obesity prevention and treatment such as physical activity and exercise, personalized nutrition plans and school and community involvement will be presented

Bridging the Evidence Gap in Obesity Prevention
Bridging the Evidence Gap in Obesity Prevention

Author: Institute of Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2010-12-24

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 0309149894

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To battle the obesity epidemic in America, health care professionals and policymakers need relevant, useful data on the effectiveness of obesity prevention policies and programs. Bridging the Evidence Gap in Obesity Prevention identifies a new approach to decision making and research on obesity prevention to use a systems perspective to gain a broader understanding of the context of obesity and the many factors that influence it.

The Oxford Handbook of the Social Science of Obesity
The Oxford Handbook of the Social Science of Obesity

Author: John Cawley

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2011-11-17

Total Pages: 911

ISBN-13: 0199736367

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This volume summarizes the findings and insights of obesity-related research from the full range of social sciences including anthropology, economics, government, psychology, and sociology.

Ethics, Prevention, and Public Health
Ethics, Prevention, and Public Health

Author: Angus Dawson

Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand

Published: 2007-01-18

Total Pages: 247

ISBN-13: 0199290695

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In this volume a range of issues in public health ethics are explored using the resources of theory, political philosophy, philosophy of science, applied ethics, law and economics. [Ed.]

Adiposity
Adiposity

Author: Jan Gordeladze

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2017-03-15

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 9535129953

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This book is the first in a series of two, featuring the Adiposity - Epidemiology and Treatment Modalities, serving as a summary of the traditional views on how the organ systems are affected when higher organs start to suffer from enhanced body weight, where most of this additional weight consists of white adipose tissue (WAT). The understanding of the "epidemiology" of obesity will consequently enable clinicians and researchers to better understand the untoward "trends" of "metabolic aberrations" from a well-organized and health-bringing homeostasis, with fully responding WAT and BAT, thus enabling a balance between fat-producing and fat-metabolizing tissues for the benefit of the various organ systems taking care of the fat and carbohydrate metabolism, normally yielding a balanced energy turnover, ensuring "healthy" cell phenotypes, which optimally coordinate the energy metabolism in a well-functioning organism throughout a lifetime.