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.
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Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1995.
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University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location
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.