Obesity
An Issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine
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2005
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2005 ed.
Saunders (Verlag)
978-1-4160-2649-5 (ISBN)
Saunders (Verlag)
978-1-4160-2649-5 (ISBN)
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Provides information on dietary management, exercise, the role of pharmacologic strategies in weight management and functional decline in the elderly. This work places an importance on the need to clinically assess and manage geriatric overweight and obese patients to improve their function.
The high prevalence of obesity in people up to age 80 makes this an essential issue in our Clinics in Geriatric Medicine series. Obesity contributes to poor mobility and various diseases such as Diabetes Mellitus, Syndrome X, Hypertension and Heart Disease. The authors for this issue provide information on dietary management, exercise, the role of pharmacologic strategies in weight management and functional decline in the elderly. The issue places an importance on the need to clinically assess and manage geriatric overweight and obese patients to improve their function.
The high prevalence of obesity in people up to age 80 makes this an essential issue in our Clinics in Geriatric Medicine series. Obesity contributes to poor mobility and various diseases such as Diabetes Mellitus, Syndrome X, Hypertension and Heart Disease. The authors for this issue provide information on dietary management, exercise, the role of pharmacologic strategies in weight management and functional decline in the elderly. The issue places an importance on the need to clinically assess and manage geriatric overweight and obese patients to improve their function.
1.Dietary Management - For Older Subjects with Obesity (Chernoff) 2.Obesity and Functional Decline - Epidemiology, Geriatric Consequences (Jensen) 3.Role of Exercise and Physical Therapy in Weight Management for Seniors ( Gostic) 4.Sacropenia of Obesity; Metabolic Sequelae of Obesity in the Elderly (Evans) 5.Pharmacologic Options for Weight Management (Mathys) 6.Bariatric Units in Long Term Care Setting (Dimant) 7.Protocols and Equipment Needs of the Bariatric Geriatric Population (Gallagher) 8.Medical Assesment of Obese Older Patients (Aronne) 9.Obesity in Tube Fed, Ventilation-Dependent Nursign Home Patients (Gonzalez) 10.Sleep Apnea (Groth) 11.Weight Counseling by Physicians (Ghormley, Kiehn)
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 2.11.2005 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | The Clinics: Internal Medicine ; v. 21-4 |
| Zusatzinfo | ports. |
| Verlagsort | Philadelphia |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Geriatrie |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychosomatik | |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4160-2649-5 / 1416026495 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4160-2649-5 / 9781416026495 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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