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Obesity

Mechanisms and Clinical Management

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Written by an international group of leading experts on obesity and related disorders, this volume is the first to address the clinical aspects of obesity. The contributors review the latest clinically relevant findings on the etiology and pathophysiology of obesity, examine the full spectrum of comorbid conditions and complications, and discuss the role of drugs, behavioral interventions, exercise, and surgery in treatment of obesity.
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Publication date
2003
Issue number
1
Cover
hard cover
Pages count
566
Dimensions (mm)
178 x 254
Weight (g)
1243
  • I. Etiology, Pathophysiology, and Assessment

  • Obesity:: A Disease or a Physiologic Adaptation for Survival? 3
    Robert H. Eckel
  • Genetic Influences on Obesity 31
    David B. Allison, Angelo Pietrobelli, Myles S. Faith, Kevin R. Fontaine, Eva Gropp, and Jose R. Fernandez
  • Environmental Influences on Obesity 75
    James O. Hill and William T. Donahoo
  • Pediatric Obesity 91
    William H. Dietz
  • Human Body Composition 103
    Daniel J. Hoffman, Rebecca K. Huber-Miller, David B. Allison, ZiMian Wang, Wei Shen, and Steven B. Heymsfield
  • Neuroendocrine Control of Energy Balance 128
    Nicholas A. Tritos and Eleftheria Maratos-Flier
  • Endocrine Control of Fuel Partitioning 147
    Samyah Shadid and Michael D. Jensen

    II. Comorbidities

  • Heart Disease 181
    Paul Poirier and Martin A. Alpert
  • Sleep-Disordered Breathing 202
    Tracey D. Robinson and Ronald R. Grunstein
  • Obesity and Type II Diabetes Mellitus 229
    Robert R. Henry and Sunder Mudaliar
  • Obesity, Hypertension, and Renal Disease 273
    John E. Hall, Daniel W. Jones, Jeffrey Henegar, Terry M. Dwyer, and Jay J. Kuo
  • Hepatobiliary Complications of Obesity 301
    Gregory T. Everson and Marcelo Kugelmas
  • Cancer 327
    David Heber
  • Endocrine Disorders and Obesity 345
    Margaret E. Wierman
  • Psychosocial Complications of Obesity and Dieting 358
    Suzanne Phelan and Thomas A. Wadden
  • Dyslipidemia of the Metabolic Syndrome 378
    John D. Brunzell
  • Orthopedic Complications 399
    David T. Felson and Susan L. Edmond

    III. Therapeutics

  • Behavioral Treatment of Obesity:: Strategies to Improve Outcome and Predictors of Success 415
    Rena R. Wing and Suzanne Phelan
  • Nutrition and Obesity 436
    Adam Drewnowski and Victoria A. Warren-Mears
  • Treatment of Obesity with Drugs in the New Millennium 449
    George A. Bray
  • Exercise 476
    William J. Wilkinson and Steven N. Blair
  • Surgical Treatment of Obesity 503
    Rifat Latifi and Harvey J. Sugerman
  • The Economic Impact of Overweight, Obesity, and Weight Loss 523
    Anne M. Wolf, JoAnn E. Manson, and Graham A. Colditz
  • Treatment of Childhood Obesity 550
    Sarah E. Barlow

    Appendix A. Body Mass Index 567

    Subject Index 569
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