Hazardous Waist: Tackling Male Weight Problems

Content: Front Cover
 Contents
 Forewords
 Preface
 About the editors
 About the contributors
 PART 1: THE CHALLENGE OF MALE WEIGHT PROBLEMS
 1. The research base for male obesity: what do we know?
 2. The causes of male obesity and associated health problems
 3. Male obesity: policy and context
 4. Using body image to help men manage weight problems
 5. Men, obesity and the media
 6. Men, masculinities and health
 PART 2: TACKLING MALE WEIGHT PROBLEMS
 7. Managing male obesity in primary care
 8. Working with men in groups --
experience from a weight management programme in Scotland. 9. Weight management in men --
community pharmacy approaches10. Commercial slimming groups in the management of weight problems in men
 11. Tackling weight problems in men in the workplace
 12. Weight problems in boys and young men
 13. Tackling weight problems in older men
 14. Fit for inclusion: working with overweight and obese men with disabilities
 15. Promoting exercise to men
 16. Counselling the man beyond the weight problem
 17. Communicating the risks of obesity to South Asian men
 18. Weight management in men with mental health problems
 19. Working with men via the internet. 20. Innovation in obesity services for men21. The Australian experience
 Afterword: The way forward
 The Men's Health Forum
 Back Cover.