Treatment of the Obese Patient The aim of Treatment of the Obese Patient is to inform clinicians of recent advances in obesity research and provide an up to date review of current treatment issues and strategies. Divided into two sections the first section covers new discoveries in the physiological control of body weight as well as the pathophysiology of obesity. The second section covers a range of issues that are central to the clinical management of obese patient. This volume is a resource that will stimulate and engage clinicians to take part more successfully in the obesity care process. Aims to inform clinicians of the advances in obesity research and provide a review of treatment issues and strategies. This book divided into two sections covers the discoveries in the physiological control of body weight and the pathophysiology of obesity; and a range of issues that are central to the clinical management of obese patient