Weight Control - by Aaron Altschul (Hardcover)

About the Book

Specialists join forces in this new volume to offer a complete, practical guide for understanding and treating obesity and eating disorders. The contributors provide a solid background on the problem, give relevant, detailed discussions of prominent issues, and suggest treatment methods from case studies. With this book in hand, professional counselors including social workers, psychologists, nutritionists, psychiatrists, nurses, dieticians, and health directors will have the information they need to handle specific problems of weight control.

Book Synopsis

Specialists join forces in this new volume to offer a complete, practical guide for understanding and treating obesity and eating disorders. The contributors provide a solid background on the problem, give relevant, detailed discussions of prominent issues, and suggest treatment methods from case studies. With this book in hand, professional counselors including social workers, psychologists, nutritionists, psychiatrists, nurses, dieticians, and health directors will have the information they need to handle specific problems of weight control.

Review Quotes

?Dietitians, counselors, and others looking for a book with relevant practical guidelines for weight control intervention will find this book to be very informative and interesting. Overall, information presented in this book should prove valuable to all involved with weight control intervention.--Marva Versey, MS, RD, VA Medical Center, St. Louis. Presents new research reflecting heightened public awareness to the importance of child care and increased concern that inadequate programs may pose dangers to children and parents.?-NEW IN PRINT/MEDIA/SOFWARE

"Dietitians, counselors, and others looking for a book with relevant practical guidelines for weight control intervention will find this book to be very informative and interesting. Overall, information presented in this book should prove valuable to all involved with weight control intervention.--Marva Versey, MS, RD, VA Medical Center, St. Louis. Presents new research reflecting heightened public awareness to the importance of child care and increased concern that inadequate programs may pose dangers to children and parents."-NEW IN PRINT/MEDIA/SOFWARE

About the Author

AARON M. ALTSCHUL is Director of the Diet Management and Eating Disorders Program and Professor Emeritus in the Departments of Medicine, and Community and Family Medicine at Georgetown University Medical Center.