{"product_id":"9780124079342","title":"Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Abdominal Obesity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Abdominal Obesity\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on the important roles that exercise, dietary changes, and foods play in promoting as well as reducing visceral fat. Nutritionists, dieticians, and healthcare providers seeking to address the abdominal obesity epidemic will use this comprehensive resource as a tool in their long-term goal of preventing chronic diseases, especially heart, vascular, and diabetic diseases. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExperts from a broad range of disciplines are involved in dealing with the consequences of excessive abdominal fat: cardiology, diabetes research, studies of lipids, endocrinology and metabolism, nutrition, obesity, and exercise physiology. They have contributed chapters that define a range of dietary approaches to reducing risk and associated chronic diseases. They begin by defining visceral obesity and its major outcomes; they also discuss the importance and the challenges of dietary approaches to reduce abdominal obesity, as compared to clinical approaches, with major costs and risks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOffers detailed, well-documented reviews outlining the various dietary approaches to visceral obesity with their benefits and failures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes chapters on types of foods, exercise, and supplements in reducing obesity and its chronic clinical companions, especially diabetes and cardiovascular disease\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHelps nutritionists, dieticians, and healthcare providers approach patients in making decision about nutritional therapies and clinical treatments for abdominal obesity, from an evidence-based perspective\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Elsevier Science","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47153735106800,"sku":"9780124079342","price":146.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780124079342_p0.jpg?v=1763639700","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780124079342","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}