This best-selling clinical guide now includes new chapters on meal replacements, the glycemic index and the DASH Diet, plus cultural sensitivity and weight management issues in pregnancy and menopause. This publication is a must-have for professionals working with overweight adults.

Assessment of the obese individual -- Diet--meal replacements -- Diet--glycemic index and glycemic load -- Diet--DASH (dietary approaches to stop hypertension) and Mediterranean -- Diet--low carbohydrate -- Physical activity and weight management -- Behavior modification -- Medication -- Surgery -- Weight maintenance -- Obesity as a public health issue / by Thomas A. Farley -- The economics of obesity / by Anne Wolf -- Cultural sensitivity / by Shiriki K. Kumanyika -- Prejudice and discrimination / by Rebecca M. Puhl -- School-based prevention of childhood overweight and obesity / by Gary D. Foster ... [et al.] -- Pregnancy and menopause / by Jennifer C. Lovejoy.