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National Obesity Awareness Week - 13th - 20th January 2020

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In recent years the topic of obesity has become a major talking point within society and is one of the major public health problems for the UK.
Obesity is usually defined as having a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or above. A BMI between 25 and 30 is classified as 'overweight'. A report published in 2019 stated that 29% of adults were classified as obese which was an increase on 2016’s 26%. The report also stated that 20% of year 6 children were classified as obese; with the prevalence over twice as high in the most deprived areas than the least deprived areas.
For more information surrounding obesity, please visit WHO and NHS Choices websites:
https://www.who.int/topics/obesity/en/
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/obesity/

RELATED LIBRARY RESOURCES
For anyone studying the importance of improving both the awareness and knowledge of and supporting those who are suffering from obesity and/or related conditions, the Health Libraries both at the Royal Stoke and County Hospitals offer numerous resources related to the subject. In the lists below you’ll find a variety of items as well as information on materials recently added to our collection and available periodicals. To locate these items, simply go to our online catalogue or ask at the counter.
BOOKS:
  • Obesity and diabetes / Anthony H Barnett, Sudhesh Kumar, 2009; 2nd edition. [Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell]. Ebook also available.
  • ABC of one to seven / H. B. (Hyman Bernard) Valman, 2010; 5th edition. [Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell]

JOURNALS:
  • Journal of obesity / New York ; Cairo, Egypt : Hindawi Pub. Corp. [Available as a Keele and NHS e-journal 2010 onwards].
  • BMC Obesity / London : BioMed Central. [Available as a Keele and NHS e-journal 2014 onwards].
  • Obesity medicine / London : Elsevier Ltd. [Available as a Keele and NHS e-journal 2016 onwards].
  • Pediatric obesity / Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc. [Available as a Keele e-journal 2012 onwards].
  • International Journal of Obesity / New York : Nature Publishing Group [Available as a NHS e-journal 1997 onwards with 1 year embargo].
Access more journals via our Journals webpage: http://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/find/journals/

JOURNAL ARTICLES:
  • Cooksey, Raven ; Wu, Susan Y ; Klesse, Laura ; Oden et al, “Metabolic syndrome is a sequela of radiation exposure in hypothalamic obesity among survivors of childhood brain tumours”, Journal of Investigative Medicine, 2019, Vol.67(2), p.295-302. [Available via Keele ejournals].
  • Regber, Susann ; Dahlgren, Jovanna ; Janson, Staffan, “Neglected children with severe obesity have a right to health: Is foster home an alternative?—A qualitative study”, Child Abuse & Neglect, 2018, Vol.83, pp.106-119. [Available via Keele & NHS ejournals].
  • Kowaleski-Jones, Lori ; Brown, Barbara B et al, “The joint effects of family risk of obesity and neighborhood environment on obesity among women”, Social Science & Medicine, 2017, Vol.195, pp.17-24. [Available via Keele ejournals].
  • Gadde, Kishore M ; Martin, Corby K, “Obesity”, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2018, Vol.71(1), pp.69-84. [Available via Keele & NHS ejournals].
  • Mears, R. et al, “Exploring how lifestyle weight management programmes for children are commissioned and evaluated in England: a mixed methodology study”, BMJ Open 2019, Vol.9(12) :e025423. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025423. [Available via Keele & NHS ejournals].
  • Salemonsen, E.; Hansen, B.S.; Førland, G. et al., "Healthy Life Centre participants’ perceptions of living with overweight or obesity and seeking help for a perceived “wrong” lifestyle - a qualitative interview study.", BMC Obesity, 2018, Vol.5(42)doi:10.1186/s40608-018-0218-0. [Available via Keele & NHS e-journals]
  • Wilding, J.P.H, “Beyond lifestyle interventions: exploring the potential of anti-obesity medications in the UK.”, Clinical Obesity, 2018, Vol.8(3), pp.211-225. [Available via Keele & NHS e-journals]

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