Obesity : health and economic consequences of an impending global challenge
2022
eBook
Abstract: The global obesity epidemic presents a formidable challenge to human capital acquisition, national wealth accumulation, and the goals of ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity. This book delves into interventions necessary to combat the onesity epidemic and its effect on human capital.
Main title:
Obesity : health and economic consequences of an impending global challenge / Meera Shekar and Barry Popkin, editors.
Author:
Popkin, Barry M., editorShekar, Meera, editorWorld Bank Group, editorCredo Reference (Firm), distributor
Edition:
[Enhanced Credo edition]
Imprint:
Washington, DC : World Bank Group, 2020.Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2022.
Collation:
1 online resource (19 entries) : 48 images ; digital files.
Series title:
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.Description based on title page of print version.
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Linking notes:
Print version: xxiv, 204 pages
Contents:
Why this report now? / Meera ShekarPrevalence and trends / Julia Daytonw Eberwein, Vanessa Oddo, Jonathyan Kweku Akuoku, Kyoko Shibata Okamura, Barry Popkin, and Meera ShekarHealth and economic impacts of overweight/obesity / Pia Schneider, Barry Popkin, Meera Shekar, Julia Dayton Eberwein, Charlotte Block, and Kyoko Shibata OkamuraFactors affecting overweight/obesity prevalence / Barry Popkin, Julia Daytown Eberwein, and Skyoko Shibata OkamuraAddressing overweight/obesity : lessons for future actions / Barry Popkin, Pia Schneider, and Meera ShekarBusiness unusual : how can development partners support countries to fight obesity? / Meera Shekar and Anne Marie Provo.
Access restrictions:
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
ISBN:
9781787859210 (electronic version)1464814910 (invalid)9781464814914 (invalid)
Dewey class:
616.398
LC class:
RC628
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
576587
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