Basics of clinical obesitology

The book provides a contemporary view of obesity as a complex disease that has become a global epidemic with serious health and socio-economic consequences in recent decades. The reader will become familiar with the epidemiology and etiopathogenesis of obesity, as well as with current approaches to the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of obesity. The author team consists of doctors and scientists who are recognized experts in the field in the Czech Republic and worldwide. Some of them have been instrumental in the development of European recommendations for the treatment of obesity.