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Obesity in the Black Community

Weighing the Complexity above Statistics

Medium: Buch
ISBN: 978-1-032-62196-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Erscheinungstermin: 07.08.2025
vorbestellbar, Erscheinungstermin ca. August 2025

In this ground-breaking book, three leading experts in obesity medicine offer a comprehensive approach to origins, obstacles, and opportunities for addressing obesity in the Black community. Given the complexity of the disease of obesity coupled with the health disparities that unequally affect Black people, there is a dire need for an unbiased resource that provides an authoritative, evidence-based overview. It unprecedentedly unifies the biopsychosocial contributors to obesity and boldly goes beyond quoting statistics to proposing effective solutions for physicians and professionals to implement in their clinical practice.

Key Features:

1. Dispels stereotypes and biases to offer solutions for one of the most significant medical conditions affecting Black people.

2. Integrates best clinical practices with cultural context, providing a full overview of obesity treatment options for medical students and professionals.
3. Provides insights from Black medical doctors who personally and professionally identify with, care for, and treat Obesity in the Black community.


Produkteigenschaften


  • Artikelnummer: 9781032621968
  • Medium: Buch
  • ISBN: 978-1-032-62196-8
  • Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Erscheinungstermin: 07.08.2025
  • Sprache(n): Englisch
  • Auflage: 1. Auflage 2025
  • Produktform: Gebunden
  • Seiten: 200
  • Format (B x H): 156 x 234 mm
  • Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
Autoren/Hrsg.

Autoren

Part I. Origins  1. Who is Black? 2. What is the Black Community?  3. Obesity as a Disease  Part II. Obstacles  4. Social Determinants of Health 5. Cultural Attitudes Towards Obesity 6. Clinical Assessment of Obesity  Part III. Opportunities  7. Fundamentals of Obesity Management Overview 8. Nutrition & Lifestyle Interventions & Inclusive Obesity Care 9. Behavioral Impact and Interventions in the Treatment of Obesity 10. Physical Activity 11 Pharmacotherapy for Obesity 12. Bariatric Procedures 13. Pediatrics Call to Action References