The Government’s policy paper on obesity published in July 2020 suggested that 63% of adults in the UK are above a healthy weight, with half of those being classed as obese. Obesity Awareness Week takes place every January to highlight the issues surrounding obesity and the associated health problems.
RELATED LIBRARY RESOURCES
The Health Libraries,
both at the Royal Stoke and County Hospitals, offer numerous resources related
to this topic. In the lists below you’ll find a small selection of items from
our collection. To locate these items, simply go to our online catalogue or ask
at the counter. This
document covers the following resources – books, journals, journal
articles and patient information.
- The ASMBS textbook of bariatric surgery; Nguyen, N; Morton, John M; et al; 2020 (Springer); 2nd
edition.
- Ketogenic diet therapies for epilepsy and other conditions; Kossoff, Eric; Turner, Zahava; et al; 2021 (Springer); 7th edition.
- Metabolism and nutrition; Vanbergen, Olivia; Wintle, Gareth; Dominczak, Marek H, 2019 (Elsevier);
5th edition.
- Obesity and diabetes: new surgical and
nonsurgical approaches; Faintuch, Joel;
Faintuch, Salomào; 2015 (Springer).
- Exercise for special populations; Williamson, Peggie; 2019 (Wolters Kluwer); 2nd edition.
- ABC of obesity; Sattar, Naveed; Lean, Mike; 2007 (Blackwell Publishing).
- The Heavy Burden of Obesity; Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development; 2019 (OECD) –
[only available as an OpenAccess e-book]
- The childhood obesity epidemic: why are
our children obese-- and what can we do about it?; Vash, Peter; 2015 (CRC Press) – [only available online as a Keele or
NHS e-book]
- Multidisciplinary approach to obesity;
from assessment to treatment; Lenzi, Andrea;
Migliaccio, Silvia; et al; 2015 (Springer) – [only available online as a
Keele or NHS e-book]
- Downsizing: how I lost 8 stone, reversed
my diabetes and regained my health; Watson,
Tom; 2020 (Kyle Books) – [part of our Patient Voices Collection]
JOURNALS
- Obesity Pillars (Online); Obesity Medicine Association; (Elsevier) – [available as an
OpenAccess e-journal from 2022 onwards]
- International journal of obesity; International Association for the Study of Obesity; (Nature Pub.
Group) – [only available as a Keele e-journal from 1997 onwards, and NHS e-journal
1997 - 2004]
- Obesity science & practice; World Obesity Federation, Obesity Society (Silver Spring, Md.); (John
Wiley & Sons Inc) – [available as an Open-Access e-journal from 2015
onwards]
- Child and adolescent obesity (Abingdon,
England); (Taylor & Francis) – [available as an
OpenAccess e-journal from 2018 onwards]
- Journal of obesity (online); (Wiley) – [available as an OpenAccess e-journal from 2010 onwards]
- Obesity facts (online); (Karger) – [available as an OpenAccess e-journal from 2008 onwards]
- Journal of metabolic and bariatric
surgery; Taehan Piman Taesa Oekwa Hakhoe, issuing body
– [available as an OpenAccess e-journal from 2016 onwards]
N.B. NHS members can obtain temporary Keele IT logins
to view e-journals from the Keele IT suite in the Health Library at Royal
Stoke.
Access more
journals via our Journals webpage: http://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/find/journals/
- “Perspective: Do Scientists Become Part of
the Obesity Problem”?; Müller, Manfred J;
Bosy-Westphal, Anja; Wells, Jonathan C.K; Obesity facts, 2024-08, Vol.17
(4), p.325-328; DOI: 10.1159/000539136
- “The complexity of obesity-related health
problems after bariatric surgery: The patient perspective”; Konings, G; Drukker, M; et al; Obesity Pillars (Online),
2023-09, Vol.7, p.100082, Article 100082; DOI: 10.1016/j.obpill.2023.100082
- “Association between children living with
obesity and Mental Health problems: a data analysis of the Welsh Health Survey,
UK”; Beynon, Claire; BMC public health,
2023-02, Vol.23 (1), p.383-383, Article 383; DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-15293-8
- “Obesity as a multidimensional problem in
the health care system - literature review”; Grzybowski,
Jakub; Walczak, Patrycja; et al; Quality in Sport, 2023-04, Vol.11 (1), p.89-97;
DOI: 10.12775/QS.2023.11.01.007
- “Food intake and eating behaviour during a
real‐life Snack Scenario in childhood obesity—An experiment using a hidden
camera”; Mack, Isabelle; Godwin, Jessica; Klos, Bea;
et al; European eating disorders review, 2025-01, Vol.33 (1), p.67-79; DOI:
10.1002/erv.3130
- “Assessment of vitamin D status in obese
and non-obese patients: A case-control study”; Derbel, Salma; Zarraa, Lamiae; et al; Diabetes epidemiology and
management, 2025-01, Vol.17, p.100237, Article 100237; DOI:
10.1016/j.deman.2024.100237
- “Ten‐year progression of obesity‐related complications in a population with overweight and obesity in the
UK: A retrospective open cohort study”; Pearson‐Stuttard,
Jonathan; Holloway, et al; Diabetes, obesity & metabolism, 2024-11,
Vol.26 (11), p.5056-5064; DOI: 10.1111/dom.15836
N.B. All the above
articles are Open Access so are available online to both Keele & NHS users.
- NHS website:
- Obesity - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/obesity/
- NHS Better Health - https://www.nhs.uk/better-health/lose-weight/
- Charities / Further information:
- Obesity UK - https://www.obesityuk.org.uk/
- Obesity Health Alliance - https://obesityhealthalliance.org.uk/
- Clinical Key – Patient Education Leaflets [Available to UHNM only with OpenAthens log-in]:
- Obesity, Adult - https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/content/patient_handout/5-s2.0-pe_6ee28c97-824b-4c5b-926a-f3bd8d48cbb9
- Obesity, Paediatric - https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/content/patient_handout/5-s2.0-pe_aa5a57cd-faec-4ef0-b838-47d54e817ecb
- Obesity – Surgical Treatment for Obesity - https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/content/patient_handout/5-s2.0-pe_AAFP_surgical-treatment-for-obesity_en
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