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Eckel R.H. MD
Author(s):
Eckel R.H. MD
Obesity
Mechanisms and Clinical Management
Hardbound
2003, Pages: 566, Illustrations: 135,Trim Size: 7 x 10
Casa Editrice: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
ISBN: 0-7817-2844-4
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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.
Sommario
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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