title: Obesity. About the size of it.
abstract: Severe obesity is on the increase in Britain and accounts for considerable excess hospital costs. The benefits of new treatments need to be assessed in terms of psychological, as well as physical, benefits to patients. Programmes aimed at changing lifestyles will be effective only when obesity is considered in terms of all its effects on the individual.
authors.affiliation: Liverpool University.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Haycox
mesh_terms: D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D011788:Quality of Life; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology