Obesity: The Silent Pandemic

What are its effects and how can we prevent them?

Why this chronic inflammatory condition is killing us.

This book brings together advice from over 20 experts in fields such as medicine, history, nutrition and psychology to provide a unique reflection on the obesity epidemic. A deep dive into everything from the reasons why people put on weight to the physical and psychological consequences it can have, as well as other behavioural disorders and the innovative medical developments being used to treat them.

Through enlightening new studies form a variety of perspectives, this resource offers a rigorous explanation of obesity as it really is: a complex condition which affects 60% of the population of Spain.