Obesity, weight loss, and health-related quality of life [electronic resource] / Jarmo Kaukua, Aila Rissanen.
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FilmSeries: Henry Stewart talksBiomedical & life sciences collection. Obesity : epidemiology, etiology, consequences and treatment: Publisher: London : Henry Stewart Talks, 2007Description: 1 online resource (1 streaming video file (20 min.) : color, sound)Subject(s): Obesity | Quality of Life | Weight LossOnline resources: Click here to access online | Series Animated audio-visual presentation with synchronized narration.
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Contents: Obesity: research and clinical practice -- Quality of life: functioning and wellbeing -- Physical, mental, social and obesity-specific perspectives -- Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) -- Questionnaires -- Disease-specific measure of HRQOL -- Obesity specific HRQOL questionnaires -- Psychosocial problems -- Evidence from population studies -- Weight and physical functioning -- Weight change and HRQOL -- Medical complications of obesity -- Evidence from weight loss studies -- The paradox of health-care -- Pharmacotherapy and HRQOL -- Surgical procedures.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.