The weight of your health: a guide to health implications for overweight or obese individuals

Author: RCSI

Publication Year: 2009

Contents

What is obesity?
How does obesity occur?
How common is obesity?
How is obesity measured?
Obesity and life expectancy
Obesity and illness
Will losing weight help prevent or improve these illnesses?
What is the first step?
What are the next steps?
Physical activity and exercise
Medical options
Useful websites

Description

A new medical information leaflet which looks at the dangers of being overweight or obese has been launched by the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI).

Format	Download
Keywords	obesity, patient information
Publisher	RCSI
Classification	obesity
Alternative Title	Obesity Patient Information Leaflet
Pages	7
Categories:	Irish Content