Tackling Obesity and Overweight Matters in Health and Social Care
Tackling Obesity and Overweight Matters in Health and Social Care
English | 2022 | ISBN: 1032189517 | 191 Pages | PDF True | 5 MB
English | 2022 | ISBN: 1032189517 | 191 Pages | PDF True | 5 MB
This practical guide helps health or social care professionals across all settings to understand how important it is to prevent and manage their service users’ overweight and obesity, and motivate them to achieve and maintain a healthy weight, so reducing their risk of associated health conditions such as diabetes and now COVID-19. Obesity and associated health problems represent a growing health burden around the world, with rates throughout Europe increasing sharply over the last forty years, second only to the United States and closely followed by many nations in Asia.