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Health risks of weight loss / Frances M. Berg.
- Title
- Health risks of weight loss / Frances M. Berg.
- Author
- Berg, Francie M.
- Publication
- Hettinger, ND : Healthy Weight Journal, [1995], ©1995.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | RC628 .B475 1995 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 157 pages : illustrations; 28 cm
- Subjects
- Note
- "The special report was initially published in part in Health risks of obesity in 1992"--T.p. verso.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 148-152) and index.
- Contents
- I. Risks of weight loss. General treatment risks -- Starvation and fad diets -- Diet pills and drugs -- Purging, exercise -- Surgery -- Sports and athletes -- Eating disorders : physical and mental effects -- Psychological risks -- Weight cycling -- Mortality increase with weight loss -- Thinness : a cultural obsession -- Effectiveness of treatment. II. Challenges for healthy change. To treat or not to treat -- Diet industry regulation -- Challenges for wellness and wholeness.
- ISBN
- 0918532442
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries