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Family Practice Vol. 19, No. 5, 571
© Oxford University Press 2002

Book review

Obesity and weight management in primary care.

Colin Waine. (128 pages, £14.95.) Blackwell Science Ltd, 2002. ISBN 0-632–06514-1.

John Garrow

Emeritus Professor of Human Nutrition in the University of London, and author of over 200 peer-reviewed papers on the causes, effects and treatment of human obesity

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I approached this book with enthusiasm. The prevalence of obesity (BMI >30 kg/m2) among adults in the UK has trebled since 1980 and is still increasing. It now costs the NHS annually about £480 million to treat obese patients and another £165 million to treat that . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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