Tackling Obesity and Overweight Matters in Health and Social Care

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.