Abstract
The spread of obesity (globesity) has been declared a worldwide epidemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). More
than 1 billion adults are overweight and at least 315 million are clinically obese. This epidemic has generated an unlimited
array of weight-loss strategies. Obesity is now one of the most important public and clinical problems: it increases the risk of
many health complications such as hypertension, coronary heart disease and type 2 diabetes, needs long-lasting treatment for
effective results and involves high public and private costs (p. 204, (Castelnuovo et al., 2010))
Lingua originale | English |
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pagine (da-a) | 5-7 |
Numero di pagine | 3 |
Rivista | Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health |
Volume | 7 |
DOI | |
Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 2011 |
Keywords
- clinical psychology
- obesity