Overweight and the Metabolic Syndrome:: From Bench to Bedside / Edition 1

by George A. Bray, Louisiana State University, Donna Ryan

Overview

This timely book provides an overview of topics related to obesity. These include associated health risks, childhood obesity, genetics, evaluation, treatment, behavioral strategies, and successes and failures in preventing obesity. The volume covers evaluation guidelines, different approaches to treatment, including diet, exercise, behavior, drugs, and surgery to deal with the current world-wide obesity epidemic.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781441940735
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	12/01/2010
Series:	Endocrine Updates , #26
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2006
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.03(d)

Table of Contents

Neuroendocrine Control of Food Intake.- Body Composition Assessment of Obesity.- Prevalence of Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome.- The Genetic Contribution to Obesity.- Etiology of Obesity: The Problem of Maintaining Energy Balance.- Current Views of the Fat Cell as an Endocrine Cell: Lipotoxicity.- Ectopic Fat and the Metabolic Syndrome.- Abdominal Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome.- The Problems of Childhood Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome.- Evaluation of the Overweight and Obese Patient.- Dietary Approaches to Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome.- Exercise as an Approach to Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome.- Behavioral Strategies for Controlling Obesity.- Obesity Prevention.- Orlistat and Sibutramine in the Management of Obesity.- A Status of Drugs on the Horizon for Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome—a Comprehensive Review 2005.- Surgical Treatment of the Overweight Patient.