title: New directions in public health approach to obesity management.
abstract: Increasing recognition of the world-wide obesity epidemic as a major public health problem has recently led to new directions in the public health approach of the management of obesity, including new public health strategies, and appropriate programs for the obese individual.
authors.affiliation: Afdeling Endocrinologie, Metabolisme en Voeding, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, U.Z. Gasthuisberg, Belgium.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vansant
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Muls
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D019440:Anti-Obesity Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D015992:Body Mass Index; D004038:Diet, Reducing; D005060:Europe; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006266:Health Education; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D011634:Public Health; D013270:Stomach / Q000601:surgery; D014481:United States; D015431:Weight Loss
chemical_list: D019440:Anti-Obesity Agents