The spread of obesity (globesity) has been declared a worldwide epidemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). More than 1 billion adults are overweight and at least 315 million are clinically obese. This epidemic has generated an unlimited array of weight-loss strategies. Obesity is now one of the most important public and clinical problems: it increases the risk of many health complications such as hypertension, coronary heart disease and type 2 diabetes, needs long-lasting treatment for effective results and involves high public and private costs (p. 204, (Castelnuovo et al., 2010))
Castelnuovo, G., Simpson, S., Ebesity - E-Health for Obesity - New Technologies for the Treatment of Obesity in Clinical Psychology and Medicine, <<CLINICAL PRACTICE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY IN MENTAL HEALTH>>, 2010; 7 (7): 5-7. [doi:10.2174/1745017901107010005] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/32310]
Ebesity - E-Health for Obesity - New Technologies for the Treatment of Obesity in Clinical Psychology and Medicine
Castelnuovo, Gianluca;
2011
Abstract
The spread of obesity (globesity) has been declared a worldwide epidemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). More than 1 billion adults are overweight and at least 315 million are clinically obese. This epidemic has generated an unlimited array of weight-loss strategies. Obesity is now one of the most important public and clinical problems: it increases the risk of many health complications such as hypertension, coronary heart disease and type 2 diabetes, needs long-lasting treatment for effective results and involves high public and private costs (p. 204, (Castelnuovo et al., 2010))
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