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| View Larger Image | Overcoming Obesity | DVD-R
| List Price: | $24.95 | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Binding: | DVD-R | | Studio: | Information Television Network | | Number of Discs: | | | Release Date: | July 27, 2006 | | Sales Rank: | 26,174th |
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS | Description Part of the award winning public television series Healthy Body/Healthy Mind. Approximately 127 million adults in the U.S. are overweight, 60 million obese, and 9 million severely obese. Obesity is a complex, multi-factorial chronic disease involving environmental (social and cultural), genetic, physiologic, metabolic, behavioral and psychological components. It is the second leading cause of preventable death in the U.S. In this episode we define people at risk and detail some of the Nutritional solutions to help people stay healthy. |
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