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简介:Maguire, a community pharmacist in Ireland, and Haslam (obesity sciences, Robert Gordon U., UK) examine the role of community pharmacists, primary healthcare workers, general practitioners, and nurses in obesity management. They discuss the background, causes, and epidemiology of the obesity epidemic internationally; its measurement; related diseases; public health and the politics of food; the metabolic basis of nutrition and the physiology related to hunger, appetite, and satiety; and prevention and psychological, behavioral, pharmacological, and surgical interventions, as well as fad diets and over-the-counter aids. Annotation 漏2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)