Management of Pediatric Obesity and Diabetes

by Ferry, Robert J., Jr., M.D.

• ISBN13: 9781603272551
• ISBN10: 1603272550
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-04-29
• Publisher: Humana Pr Inc

Summary

The twin epidemics of obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) continue to affect an ever increasing number of children, adolescents, and young adults.  Management of Pediatric Obesity and Diabetes provides healthcare trainees and professionals with practical, comprehensive, and contemporary approaches to the pediatric patient at risk for obesity, T2DM, and related conditions.  A unique guide on the subject, this volume provides clinical paradigms for diagnosis and management of pediatric T2DM and related conditions, while succinctly describing state-of-the-art basic and clinical sciences underlying these problems.The chapters in this volume are independent and concise.  Each chapter focuses on a key clinical issue or mechanism of disease.  Providing practical, data-driven resources based upon the totality of the evidence, this important text helps the reader understand the basics of pediatric obesity and T2DM and implement strategies to prevent and treat obesity and diabetes in children and adolescents.Management of Pediatric Obesity and Diabetes provides health professionals across many areas of research and practice with up-to-date, well-referenced, and comprehensive evidence on identification, treatment, and prevention of these chronic, serious, metabolic diseases in children.  This volume will serve the reader as the most authoritative resource in the field to date.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Definitions of obesity and diabetes mellitus in pediatrics
Growth patterns in pediatric populations
Fetal origins of adult disease
Mechanisms underlying satiety and hunger to be determined
Genetics of obesity to be determined
Clinical Assessments of Pediatric Populations
Dietary assessments of families & food marketing impact: ambulatory and hospitalized patients
Clinical assessments of insulin action
Exercise physiology: pedometers and other approaches in pediatrics
Nutrient Bioavailability
Dietary supplements and alternative practices (low carb, high protein, vegan, organic) to be determined
Lifestyle impacts on nutrition: smoking, alcohol, and illicit drugs
Obesity in Infants, Children and Adolescents
Prevention of obesity in pediatric populations world-wide
Variations in obesity across ethnic groups to be determined
Behavioral approaches to obesity in children to be determined
Pharmacological approaches to obesity and diabetes mellitus in children to be determined
Surgical approaches to obesity in pediatrics to be determined
Polycystic ovary syndrome in pediatrics
Type 2 diabetes mellitus in children, adolescents and young adults: management and emerging technologies
Hypertension and cardiovascular disease in obese children to be determined
Rare pediatric conditions associated with obesity and diabetes mellitus
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