Tackling Obesity and Overweight Matters in Health and Social Care - Paperback

by Ruth Chambers (Editor), Paula Stather (Editor)

This practical guide helps health or social care professionals across all settings to understand how important it is to prevent and manage their service users' overweight and obesity, and motivate them to achieve and maintain a healthy weight, so reducing their risk of associated health conditions such as diabetes and now COVID-19. Obesity and associated health problems represent a growing health burden around the world, with rates throughout Europe increasing sharply over the last forty years, second only to the United States and closely followed by many nations in Asia.

The book will be an invaluable manual for general practice, primary care and community clinicians, practice and community nurses and dietitians and a go-to reference for health professionals across all medical specialties and related support services, as well as medical education, public health and social care worker professionals.

Author Biography

Ruth Chambers FRCGP, MD, OBE is a retired general practitioner with over 40 years' experience. She is an Honorary Professor at Staffordshire University and Keele University, UK.

Paula Stather has over 20 years' of management experience within Primary Care and has worked more recently as project co-ordinator for an NHS funded Digital Reach and Digital Inclusion project.