Clinical Obesity in Adults and Children, 3rd Edition

by Editor: Peter G. Kopelman (University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK); Editor: Ian D. Caterson (University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia); Editor: William H. Dietz (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA)

• ISBN13: 9781444307634
• ISBN10: 1444307630
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2009-09-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Obesity is a major problem facing doctors in the 21st century. This third edition of a highly-respected textbook combines the latest in clinical research with a practical approach to guide the successful evaluation, management and treatment of the obese patient including the large number of complications and other conditions that can arise as a consequence of it.Written by experts from around the globe, this book is a truly international work recognizing that the approach for the treatment and management of obesity may vary between differing ethnicities and in different countries. The book addresses obesity and its social and cultural aspects, biology, associated diseases, life stages (pediatric and adult), management, and environmental policy approaches in six sections. As well as covering the latest approaches to treatment of obesity, Clinical Obesity in Adults and Children considers the effects of the environment, of gender and of culture on this problem.This is an invaluable resource for all health care professionals, research scientists and public health practitioners involved in the prevention and care of patients who are at risk of obesity or are already obese.

Table of Contents

Obesity

Epidemiology: Definition and Classification of Obesity

Measuring Body Composition in Adults and Children

Stigma and Social Consequences of Obesity

Obesity and Culture,

Obesity and Gender

Biology of Obesity

Energy Balance and Body Weight Homeostasis

Genes and Obesity

Fetal and Infant Origins of Obesity

Adipocyte Biology

Metabolic Fuels and Obesity

Eating Behavior

Energy Expenditure in Humans: The Influence of Activity, Diet and the Sympathetic Nervous System

Obesity and Disease

Obesity and Dyslipidemia: Importance of Body Fat Distribution

Obesity Insulin Resistance and Gut Hormones

Obesity as an Endocrine Disease

Metabolic Syndrome, Diabetes and Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis

Cardiovascular Consequences of Obesity

Adult Obesity: Fertility

Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Management of Adult Obesity

An Overview of Obesity Management

Dietary Management of Obesity: Eating Plans

Behavioural Treatment of Obesity

Exercise, Physical Activity and Obesity

Drugs Used Clinically to Reduce Body Weight

The Management of Obesity: Surgery

Weight Loss Maintenance and Weight Cycling

Education and Training of Healthcare Professionals

Childhood Obesity

Childhood Obesity: Definition, Classification and Assessment, 375

Childhood Obesity: Consequences and Complications

The Treatment of Childhood and Adolescent Obesity

Environmental Policy Approaches

Obesity: Global Pandemic

Obesity and the Environment

Obesity: Using the Ecologic Public Health Approach to Overcome Policy Cacophony

A Comprehensive Approach to Obesity Prevention

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