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Title Weighing the options : criteria for evaluating weight-management programs / Committee to Develop Criteria for Evaluating the Outcomes of Approaches to Prevent and Treat Obesity, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine ; Paul R. Thomas, editor.

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1995.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  613.25 W419W    Check Shelf
Description xii, 282 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-270) and index.
Contents Nature and problem of obesity -- Programs for and approaches to treating obesity -- Weighing the options -- Match between program and consumer -- Soundness and safety of the program -- Outcomes of the program -- Weighing the options: application of committee's criteria -- Prevention of obesity -- Research and policy recommendations -- Assessment instruments of relevance to obesity treatment -- Diet readiness test and the general well-being schedule -- Pediatric obesity / Beatrice S. Kanders.
Accrediting providers of weight-management services / Arthur Frank -- Biographies of committee members.
Form Also available via the World Wide Web.
Subject Reducing diets -- Evaluation.
Weight loss.
Obesity -- prevention & control.
Added Author Thomas, Paul R., 1953-
Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee to Develop Criteria for Evaluating the Outcomes of Approaches to Prevent and Treat Obesity.
ISBN 0309051312: $24.95
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