Table of Contents

PART I: AN INTRODUCTION TO WEIGHT MANAGEMENT.
1. Overweight, Underweight, and Obesity.
2. Assessment Approaches in Weight Management.
PART II: METABOLIC AND PHYSIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF WEIGHT MANAGEMENT.
3. Energy Metabolism.
4. Regulation of Eating Behavior and Body Weight.
PART III: NUTRITION FOR HEALTH AND WEIGHT MANAGEMENT.
5. The Energy Nutrients and Weight Management.
6. Vitamins, Minerals, and Water.
PART IV: PHYSICAL ACTIVITY FOR HEALTH AND WEIGHT MANAGEMENT.
7. Physical Activity and Exercise: The Basics.
8. Physical Activity, Health, and Weight Management.
PART V: APPROACHES TO WEIGHT MANAGEMENT.
9. Behavioral Approaches to Weight Management.
10. Non-behavioral Approaches to Weight Management.
PART VI: IDENTIFICATION, PREVENTION, AND TREATMENT OF EATING DISORDERS AND CHILDHOOD OBESITY.
11. Eating Disorders.
12. Childhood Obesity.

About the Author

Liane M. Summerfield is a professor of health and nutrition and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs at Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia. She received her PhD in health education from the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland. She continues to teach whenever possible and oversees the University's undergraduate research center, freshman seminar program, and faculty development center.

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PART I: AN INTRODUCTION TO WEIGHT MANAGEMENT. 1. Overweight, Underweight, and Obesity. 2. Assessment Approaches in Weight Management. PART II: METABOLIC AND PHYSIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF WEIGHT MANAGEMENT. 3. Energy Metabolism. 4. Regulation of Eating Behavior and Body Weight. PART III: NUTRITION FOR HEALTH AND WEIGHT MANAGEMENT. 5. The Energy Nutrients and Weight Management. 6. Vitamins, Minerals, and Water. PART IV: PHYSICAL ACTIVITY FOR HEALTH AND WEIGHT MANAGEMENT. 7. Physical Activity and Exercise: The Basics. 8. Physical Activity, Health, and Weight Management. PART V: APPROACHES TO WEIGHT MANAGEMENT. 9. Behavioral Approaches to Weight Management. 10. Non-behavioral Approaches to Weight Management. PART VI: IDENTIFICATION, PREVENTION, AND TREATMENT OF EATING DISORDERS AND CHILDHOOD OBESITY. 11. Eating Disorders. 12. Childhood Obesity.