1st Edition
Hazardous Waist Tackling Male Weight Problems
280 Pages
by
CRC Press
280 Pages
by
CRC Press
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This book includes a foreword by Peter Baker, Chief Executive, The Men's Health Forum. Male weight problems are a serious public health issue and can lead to hypertension, hyperlipidaemia, diabetes and cancer. If current trends continue, the prospect of the majority of men becoming overweight is a very real one, and urgent action is imperative. The middle-aged spread that most men 'expect' to... Read more
The challenge of male weight problems. The research base for male obesity: what do we know? The causes of male obesity and associated health problems. Male obesity: policy and context. Using body image to help men manage weight problems. Men, obesity and the media. Men, masculinities and health. Tackling male weight problems. Managing male obesity in primary care. Working with men in groups - experience from a weight management programme in Scotland. Weight management in men - community pharmacy approaches. Commercial slimming groups in the management of weight problems in men. Tackling weight problems in men in the workplace. Weight problems in boys and young men. Fit for inclusion. Working with overweight and obese men with a disability. Promoting exercise to men. Counselling the man beyond the weight problem. Communicating the risks of obesity to South Asian men. Weight management in men with mental health problems. Working with men via the internet. Innovation in obesity services for men. The Australian experience.
Biography
White, Alan; Pettifer, Maggie
