The Health Impact of Smoking and Obesity and What to Do About it - Softcover

Krueger, Hans; Williams, Dan; Kaminsky, Barbara; McLean, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802094414 ISBN 13: 9780802094414

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 2007

Synopsis

Despite significant progress due to public health campaigns and other policy efforts, smoking continues to be a serious health threat throughout the world. In addition, sedentary lifestyles, poor diet, and obesity continue to be major causes of chronic diseases. The Health Impact of Smoking and Obesity and What to Do about It synthesizes a vast quantity of recent data on the benefits and cost-effectiveness of both clinical and public health interventions in addressing the risk factors of smoking and obesity.

A large proportion of chronic disease is preventable. The Health Impact of Smoking and Obesity and What to Do about It provides solid evidence and practical advice to health care planners, decision-makers, and frontline providers alike. The volume discusses various approaches to measuring disease burden and setting health care targets, and provides a summary of interventions of proven effectiveness. Taking into account the vital lessons learned from the experience of tobacco control over forty years, and focusing on the current state of the evidence for obesity control, the study stresses the importance of comprehensive strategies that deal with both individual behaviour changes and the need to encourage social contexts that enhance healthy choices and lifestyles.

About this title

About the Authors

Hans Krueger is an adjunct professor in the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia and president of H. Krueger & Associates Inc.


Dan Williams is head of Research and Writing at H. Krueger & Associates Inc., a health care consultancy.

Barbara Kaminsky is an adjunct professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of British Columbia and CEO of the Canadian Cancer Society, British Columbia and Yukon Division.

David McLean is a professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia and president of the Cancer Prevention Institute of Canada.

From the Back Cover

'This is a well researched book with significant relevance to researchers, practitioners, and policy-makers in industrialized nations attempting to stem the tide of chronic diseases. The Health Impact of Smoking and Obesity and What to Do about It offers strong evidence and thoroughly comprehensive scholarship.'-Kim Raine

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802094414
• ISBN 13: 9780802094414
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352