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008			120130s2013 flua b 001 0 eng
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020			_a9781439854259 (hardback)
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050	0	0	_aRC645 _b.obe 2013
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245	0	0	_aObesity : _bepidemiology, pathophysiology, and prevention / _cedited by Debasis Bagchi, Harry G. Preuss.
250			_a2nd ed.
260			_aBoca Raton : _bCRC Press, _c2013.
300			_axxv, 982 p. : _bill. ; _c26 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"The spread of obesity has been declared a worldwide epidemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). In fact, a new term, globesity, has been coined to describe the recent upsurge of overweight and obesity throughout the world's population. How severe is the problem? According to WHO, worldwide obesity has more than double since 1980. In 2008, 1.5 billion adults, 20 and older, were overweight [1]. Of these over 200 million men and 300 million women were obese. 65% of the world's population live in countries where overweight and obesity kills more people than underweight [1]. Furthermore, nearly 43 million children under the age of five were underweight in 2010 [1]"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aObesity _xEpidemiology.
650		0	_aObesity _xPathophysiology.
650		7	_aMEDICAL / Nutrition _2bisacsh.
650		7	_aMEDICAL / Endocrinology & Metabolism _2bisacsh.
650		7	_aMEDICAL / Public Health _2bisacsh.
700	1		_aBagchi, Debasis, _d1954-
700	1		_aPreuss, Harry G.
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