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Zusatztext [This book] will be a valuable resource for obesity and chronic disease researchers, national and international organizations, and researchers in nutrition, exercise and public health, and will also serve as a graduate-level text. Klappentext During the past twenty years there has been a dramatic increase in obesity in the United States. An estimated 30% of adults in the US are obese; in 1980, only 15% were. This book offers practical information about the methodology of epidemiologic studies of obesity, suitable for students and researchers in epidemiology, public health and nutrition. Zusammenfassung During the past twenty years there has been a dramatic increase in obesity in the United States. An estimated 30% of adults in the US are obese; in 1980, only 15% were. This book offers practical information about the methodology of epidemiologic studies of obesity, suitable for students and researchers in epidemiology, public health and nutrition. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: Study Designs and Measurements 1: Introduction to Obesity Epidemiology 2: Descriptive Epidemiology of Obesity Trends 3: Analytic Epidemiologoic Study Designs in Obesity Research 4: Interpreting Epidemiologic Evidence and Causal Inferences in Obesity Research 5: Measurement of Adiposity and Body Composition 6: Dietary Assessment Methods 7: Physical Activity Measurements Part II: Epidemiologic Studies of Consequences of Obesity 8: Metabolic Consequences of Obesity 9: Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease 10: Obesity and Cancer 11: Obesity and Mortality 12: Obesity and Health-related Quality of Life 13: Economic Cost of Obesity Part III: Epidemiologic Studies of Determinants of Obesity 14: Diet and Nutrition 15: Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviors, and Obesity 16: Sleep Deprivation and Obesity 17: Social Determinants of Obesity 18: Metabolic and Hormonal Predictors of Obesity 19: Developmental Origins of Obesity 20: Predictors and Consequences of Childhood Obesity 21: Genetic Predictors of Obesity 22: Gene-environment Interactions and Obesity ...
