The Scientific Way to Managing Obesity

Obesity in urban India is becoming a major public health problem largely because of the changing lifestyles and inadequate knowledge on nutrition and health. These days people try everything from fad diets to weight control pills in order to lose weight, but to no avail. Efforts to lose weight at the weight loss clinics are also temporary. The Scientific Way to Managing Obesity is meant for those who wish to keep their weight under control and remain healthy, for those who want to run weight loss programs and for all those academicians who want to update themselves with the latest scientific principles of weight management. It also gives guidance on the type of foods that can be consumed to achieve targeted weight loss. The readers will be tempted to try out the exhaustive list of therapeutic recipes given in the book. CONTENTS Introduction Types of Obesity Theories and Etiology on Obesity Measurement of Obesity Complications of Obesity Management of Obesity Strategies for Management of Obesity Eating Disorders and Obstacles Fad Diets and Myths Approaches to Healthy Diet Appendices

Dr. Mini Sheth, the primary author of this book has a Ph D degree in Foods and Nutrition from the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India. She has more than 20 years of experience in teaching and research in the Department of Foods and Nutrition of the same university. After completing her Master s in Dietetics and Institution Management in 1985, she qualified as a registered dietician and developed an expertise in the field of dietetics. She is presently guiding Ph D students in the fields of pesticide use and their residues in foods and pre and probiotics microbial quality of street foods and raw vegetables. She has written many scientific papers for journals of national and international repute. She is the recipient of the best research article award for her paper entitled Hazard analysis and critical control point of weaning foods in the Indian Journal of Pediatrics. Nirali Shah is presently working as a dietician in KGP Children and SGP Women s multi-speciality hospital at Vadodara. She obtained her Bachelor of Science (Foods & Nutrition) in 2002 and Postgraduate Diploma in Health Management in 2003 from M.S. University of Baroda. Currently she is appearing for the final year of MSc Degree in Dietetics and Food Service Management from IGNOU.