This comprehensive book examines the causes and effects of obesity, both on the human body as well as society as a whole. The significance obesity plays in the development of a variety of lethal and non-lethal diseases is discussed, and the prevention and treatment of obesity is looked at in detail.   Obesity: A Practical Guide brings together a large number of international specialists in their field, and is aimed at Gastroenterologists, Surgeons, Researchers, Dieticians, Physicians and Health Care providers.