Clinical obesity in adults and children [electronic resource]

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Front Matter -- Obesity. Epidemiology: Definition and Classification of Obesity / Tommy L S Visscher, Marieke B Snijder, Jacob C Seidell -- Measuring Body Composition in Adults and Children / K Ashlee McGuire, Robert Ross -- Stigma and Social Consequences of Obesity / Rebecca M Puhl, Chelsea A Heuer, Kelly D Brownell -- Obesity and Culture / Pippa Craig -- Obesity and Gender / Berit L Heitmann -- Biology of Obesity. Energy Balance and Body Weight Homeostasis / Abdul G Dulloo -- Genes and Obesity / I Sadaf Farooqi -- Fetal and Infant Origins of Obesity / Matthew W Gillman -- Adipocyte Biology / Paul Trayhurn -- Metabolic Fuels and Obesity / Simon W Coppack -- Eating Behavior / John E Blundell, Graham Finlayson, Jason C G Halford -- Energy Expenditure in Humans: The Influence of Activity, Diet and the Sympathetic Nervous System / Jose Lara, Moira A Taylor, Ian A Macdonald -- Obesity and Disease. Obesity and Dyslipidemia: Importance of Body Fat Distribution / Andr Tchernof, Jean-Pierre Desprs -- Obesity Insulin Resistance and Gut Hormones / Joseph Proietto -- Obesity as an Endocrine Disease / Yuji Matsuzawa -- Metabolic Syndrome, Diabetes and Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis / Ioannis Kyrou, John Willy Haukeland, Neeraj Bhala, Sudhesh Kumar -- Cardiovascular Consequences of Obesity / Ian Wilcox -- Adult Obesity: Fertility / Renato Pasquali, Alessandra Gambineri, Valentina Vicennati, Uberto Pagotto -- Obstructive Sleep Apnea / Brendon J Yee, Ronald R Grunstein -- Management of Adult Obesity. An Overview of Obesity Management / Peter G Kopelman, Ian D Caterson -- Dietary Management of Obesity: Eating Plans / Janet Franklin -- Behavioral Treatment of Obesity / Vicki L Clark, Divya Pamnani, Thomas A Wadden -- Exercise, Physical Activity and Obesity / Marleen A van Baak -- Drugs Used Clinically to Reduce Body Weight / George A Bray -- The Management of Obesity: Surgery / Paul E O'Brien, John B Dixon -- Weight Loss Maintenance and Weight Cycling / Kristina Elfhag, Stephan öRssner -- Education and Training of Healthcare Professionals / Peter G Kopelman -- Childhood Obesity. Childhood Obesity: Definition, Classification and Assessment / Aviva Must, Sarah E Anderson -- Childhood Obesity: Consequences and Complications / Kate Steinbeck -- The Treatment of Childhood and Adolescent Obesity / William H Dietz -- Environmental Policy Approaches. Obesity: Global Pandemic / Shiriki K Kumanyika, Neville Rigby, Tim Lobstein, Rachel Jackson Leach, W Philip T James -- Obesity and the Environment / Andy Jones, Graham Bentham -- Obesity: Using the Ecologic Public Health Approach to Overcome Policy Cacophony / Geof Rayner, Tim Lang -- A Comprehensive Approach to Obesity Prevention / Boyd Swinburn, A Colin Bell -- Index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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 ad.