Obesity: science to practice
by Editor: Gareth Williams (Professor of Medicine, University of Bristol, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, UK ); Editor: Gema Fruhbeck (Department of Endocrinology, Clí; nica Universitaria, University of Navarra, PamplonaCIBER Fisiopatologí
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Pub. Date: 2009-07-01
Publisher(s): Wiley
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Summary
This comprehensive textbook addresses one of the major public health concerns of our era - obesity. Clearly and simply, Obesity: science to practice provides a balanced, coherent account of obesity: how to define and measure it, its epidemiology, the physiological basis, associated diseases, how to assess, manage and treat it, and also strategies for prevention. The book is generously illustrated, including graphs and flow charts for easy reference. The chapters cite key references so that interested readers may pursue a given topic in more detail. Well presented and thoroughly edited by one of the leading experts in the field, this is the textbook of choice for anyone working in obesity.
Table of Contents
| Preface | |
| List of Contributors | |
| History of Obesity | |
| Epidemiology and Social Impact of Obesity | |
| Key Methodologies in Obesity Research and Practice | |
| Adipose Tissue: Development, Anatomy and Functions | |
| The Regulation of Energy Balance: An Overview | |
| Control of Eating | |
| Energy Balance in Humans | |
| Aetiology of Human Obesity | |
| Health Hazards of Obesity: An Overview | |
| Metabolic Complications of Obesity | |
| Liver Disease in Obesity | |
| Cardiovascular Disease and Obesity | |
| Obesity and Other Diseases | |
| Social and Psychological Factors in Obesity | |
| Assessment and Investigation of Obesity | |
| Managing Obesity: General Approach and Lifestyle Intervention | |
| Pharmacological Approaches for Treating Obesity | |
| Surgical Approaches to the Management of Obesity | |
| Special Considerations in Managing Obesity | |
| Eating Disorders in Obesity | |
| Obesity in Childhood | |
| Prevention of Obesity | |
| A Look to the Future | |
| Index | |
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