Although recognised clinically for some time as an important condition that increases risk of ill-health in affected individuals, it is only recently that obesity had been recognised as a population-wide problem that requires preventive action. Obesity is a major contributor to diseases and disability, the associated health costs are enormous and obesity has already reached epidemic proportions in many countries, and incidence is continuing to increase in children and adults. Disturbingly the epidemic is not confined to developed countries, with many developing countries and those in transition affected. While recognised as a major population health problem, our understanding of the causes of the epidemic is poor, there has been relatively little population-based research that has focused on the prevention of unhealthy weight gain, and as a consequence knowledge regarding how and where best to intervene is limited. Revised and updated and now part of the From Aetiology to Public Health series, Obesity Epidemiology provides a scholarly text that assists those concerned with understanding prevalence and trends in obesity; its health, social and economic consequences, the underlying causes of the obesity epidemic, the existing evidence regarding strategies to prevent obesity, and the potential of public health initiatives to impact on the population prevalence of obesity. This edition not only provides a thorough update of the material presented in the previous edition (entitled Obesity Prevention and Public Health), but also includes twelve new chapters that cover the epidemiology of obesity in children and adults, and the potential of public health approaches to its prevention. This book will be of interest to all those working in public health and epidemiology; health policy makers, and clinicians and health practitioners working in the related fields of nutrition, exercise and diabetes. About the series By looking at public health issues from a unique condition-based approach, the innovative From Aetiology to Public Health series examines top public health issues from aetiology through to public health and prevention.

Obesity Epidemiology: From Aetiology to Public Health

Medical Books

Crawford, David

Jeffery, Robert W.

Ball, Kylie

Brug, Johannes

Medicine

Oxford University Press

Only the strong will survive. But what does it mean to be strong? The “Smash” has been building for years—runaway national debt, escalating oil prices—but when order finally breaks down, it happens astonishingly fast. Economic collapse. Government in chaos. Gas shortages. Loss of power. No running water. Martial law. Rioting, looting, and lawlessness… Security specialist DJ Frost saw the writing on the wall, and he has prepared. He’s planned his bug-out route to escape a city many are now trapped in. With his ATV, night-vision goggles, gear, guns, and enough gas to get him to his retreat home in the country, he ventures out alone under cover of darkness. For Gabe Horne, the “Smash” is nothing compared to his own moral and spiritual collapse after losing his wife and son. But in this time of crisis, he may not have the luxury of drinking himself to death. There are others at his door, and they will need to help one another to survive. Each man, in his own way, will face the ultimate challenge of preparedness in this new world order—as both hurtle toward a devastating showdown.…

Collision Course

Literature & Fiction

United States

Penguin Publishing Group

Gay &amp; Lesbian Studies, Health, Mental Health

Easing the Ache

Plume

As mobile TV is introduced commercially, this timely technical primer describes, compares and evaluates the different technologies and systems in play for transmitting television signals to mobile and handheld terminals. Case studies of actual service implementations are reviewed, including DVB-H in Italy, DVB-IP in the UK, FLO in the US, ISDB in Japan and DMB in Korea. Spectrum consideration, handset power budget issues and image size/display technologies are explained. System engineers, visual communications engineers, technical managers in communications and broadcasting companies, and postgraduate researchers will find this guide invaluable.

Essentials of Mobile Television (The Cambridge Wireless Essentials Series)

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

Cambridge University Press

Easing the Ache: Gay Men Recovering from Compulsive Behaviors

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Dutton Adult

Downloaded from the internet over three million times, this exciting, action-packed, survival story is finally available in book form. Lights Out chronicles the challenges of Mark “Karate Man” Turner when the lights go out over most of the free world. He must find in himself the ability to unite his family, friends, and neighbors if any of them are to survive the harsh reality that everyday life becomes when the veneer of civilization is stripped away.

Lights Out

Action & Adventure

Halffast Publishing

This new book reviewed and authorized by Alesis Corporation will help you master the QS Keyboard, 6.1 thru 8.1! It contains information-packed chapters written using a simple “do this, do that” approach that gets you performing and recording with the QS MIDI keyboard quickly. Topics covered include: set up • connections with the back panel • banks and how they're organized • saving sounds to the user bank and PCMIA cards • mix mode • panning and setting levels within the QS mix • MIDI control changes • live performing and sequencing • using the QS as a MIDI controller with a slave device • editing programs, sounds, voices and effects • creating custom drum sets • reinitializing the QS • and much more!

Alesis QS Made Easy!: 6.1 thru 8.1

Computers & Technology

Hal Leonard

Sky-is-falling paranoia isn't helpful. We just need to be alert, prepared, and ready to roll. SIG SWANSTROM and DAVID CRAWFORD help us wrap our minds around why we need to make our emergency preparations a top priority. In the process, they show us how to get ready for a tomorrow that may look very different from today. Similar to CRAWFORD’S bestselling novel 'Lights Out,' his 48-page novelette 'Ready to Roll,' which is only available in this book, is a heart-pounding fiction story based on a credible threat. It is also a riveting reminder that grave danger can strike suddenly and without warning. SWANSTROM has extensive experience with crime, civil unrest, and disasters, so he is able to do three things for us. He helps us understand the risks we face today. Plus, he uses the fiction story to give us practical insights, which we can then use to guide our own preparations. And, to further validate his insights, he outlines the U.S. Government’s quiet but extensive preparations, so that we can use this information to inform our own planning. SIG SWANSTROM is a security consultant and founder of two firearm defense academies. A former Los Angeles area police detective and SWAT team operator, he has had many deadly force encounters. And, he has also experienced numerous tragic disasters. He was on-scene for two deadly earthquakes, as well as the largest volcanic eruption in modern U.S. history. He was first on-scene at the crash of a commercial airliner in a densely populated residential area, and he arrived minutes after a terrorist bombing of a McDonald's restaurant. In addition, he lived in Guatemala for several years during their bloody civil war. During that time, his installation was attacked three times by insurgents. So, his experience is both diverse and extensive. DAVID CRAWFORD's novel 'Lights Out' is a bestseller and one of the top books in its genre. A theatrical movie based on it, 'The Lights Out Saga; Heroes Will Rise' is currently in production. An avid sportsman, Crawford likes to hunt, fish, hike, off-road, and shoot. He is a 4th-degree black belt in karate and teaches self-defense skills to adults and children. He has been involved in relief efforts after a number of major disasters. This book is the first volume in a four-book series. It explains why preparation is so important. Books 2 and 3, focus on evacuation, safe-haven selection, and shelter-in-place. And, the final book in the series which is scheduled for release in 2019, explains how to set up a safe-haven retreat location.

PREPARED: Ready to Roll: Why Responsible People Are Preparing

Politics & Social Sciences

Swanstrom, Sig

Social Sciences

Oxbridge Press

Missionary Adventures in the South Pacific

Biographies & Memoirs

Travelers & Explorers

Charles E.Tuttle Co.

In the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco, far from the hustle and noise of urban centers, lies a village made of mud and rock, barely discernible from the surrounding landscape. Yet a closer look reveals a carefully planned community of homes nestled above the trees, where rock slides are least frequent, and steep terraces of barley fields situated just above spring flood level. The Berber-speaking Muslims who live and farm on these precipitous mountainsides work together at the arduous task of irrigating the fields during the dry season, continuing a long tradition of managing land, labor, and other essential resources collectively. In Moroccan Households in the World Economy, David Crawford provides a detailed study of the rhythms of highland Berber life, from the daily routines of making a living in such a demanding environment to the relationships between individuals, the community, and the national economy. Demonstrating a remarkably complete understanding of every household and person in the village, Crawford traces the intricacies of cooperation between households over time. Employing a calculus known as "arranging the bones," villagers attempt to balance inequality over the long term by accounting for fluctuations in the needs and capacities of each person, household, and family at different stages in its history. Tradition dictates that children "owe" labor to their parents and grandparents as long as they live, and fathers decide when and where the children in their household work. Some may be asked to work for distant religious lodges or urban relatives they haven't met because of a promise made by long-dead ancestors. Others must migrate to cities to work as wage laborers and send their earnings home to support their rural households. While men and women leave their community to work, Morocco and the wider world come to the village in the form of administrators, development agents, and those representing commercial interests, all with their own agendas and senses of time. Integrating a classic village-level study that nevertheless engages with the realities of contemporary migration, Crawford succinctly summarizes common perceptions and misperceptions about the community while providing a salient critique of the global expansion of capital. In this beautifully observed ethnography, Crawford challenges assumptions about how Western economic processes transfer to other contexts and pulls the reader into an exotic world of smoke-filled kitchens, dirt-floored rooms, and communal rooftop meals -- a world every bit as fascinating as it is instructive.

Moroccan Households in the World Economy: Labor and Inequality in a Berber Village

Business & Money

Economics

LSU Press

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