Title: Clinical obesity in adults and children /
Authors: Kopelman, Peter G.; Caterson, Ian D.; Dietz, William H.
Date: 2010
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell,
Physical description: x, 502 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Language: English
LC classification: R
Abstract: 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 addresses obesity and its social and cultural aspects, biology, associated diseases, life stages (pediatric and adult), management, and environmental policy approaches in six sections. As well as covering the latest approaches to treatment of obesity, considers the effects of the environment, of gender and of culture on this problem. This is an invaluable resource for all health care professionals, research scientists and public health practitioners involved in the prevention and care of patients who are at risk of obesity or are already obese.
Contents: Pt. 1. Obesity -- 1. Epidemiology: Definition and Classification of Obesity / Tommy L. S. Visscher, Marieke B. Snijder and Jacob C. Seidell -- 2. Measuring Body Composition in Adults and Children / K. Ashlee McGuire and Robert Ross -- 3. Stigma and Social Consequences of Obesity / Rebecca M. Puhl, Chelsea A. Heuer and Kelly D. Brownell -- 4. Obesity and Culture / Pippa Craig -- 5. Obesity and Gender / Berit L. Heitmann -- Pt. 2. Biology of Obesity -- 6. Energy Balance and Body Weight Homeostasis / Abdul G. Dulloo -- 7. Genes and Obesity / I. Sadaf Farooqi -- 8. Fetal and Infant Origins of Obesity / Matthew W. Gillman -- 9. Adipocyte Biology / Paul Trayhurn -- 10. Metabolic Fuels and Obesity / Simon W. Coppack -- 11. Eating Behavior / John E. Blundell, Graham Finlayson and Jason C. G. Halford -- 12. Energy Expenditure in Humans: The Influence of Activity, Diet and the Sympathetic Nervous System / Jose Lara, Moira A. Taylor and Ian A. Macdonald -- Pt. 3. Obesity and Disease --^ 13. Obesity and Dyslipidemia: Importance of Body Fat Distribution / Andre Tchernof and Jean-Pierre Despres -- 14. Obesity Insulin Resistance and Gut Hormones / Joseph Proietto -- 15. Obesity as an Endocrine Disease / Yuji Matsuzawa -- 16. Metabolic Syndrome, Diabetes and Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis / Ioannis Kyrou, John Willy Haukeland, Neeraj Bhala and Sudhesh Kumar -- 17. Cardiovascular Consequences of Obesity / Ian Wilcox -- 18. Adult Obesity: Fertility / Renate Pasquali, Alessandro Gambineri, Valentina Vicennati and Uberto Pagotto -- 19. Obstructive Sleep Apnea / Brendan J. Yee and Ronald R. Grunstein -- Pt. 4. Management of Adult Obesity -- 20. Overview of Obesity Management / Peter G. Kopelman and Ian D. Caterson -- 21. Dietary Management of Obesity: Eating Plans / Janet Franklin -- 22. Behavioral Treatment of Obesity / Vicki L. Clark, Divya Pamnani and Thomas A. Wadden -- 23. Exercise, Physical Activity and Obesity / Marleen A. van Baak --^ 24. Drugs Used Clinically to Reduce Body Weight / George A. Bray -- 25. Management of Obesity: Surgery / Paul E. O'Brien and John B. Dixon -- 26. Weight Loss Maintenance and Weight Cycling / Kristina Elfhag and Stephan Rossner -- 27. Education and Training of Healthcare Professionals / Peter G. Kopelman -- Pt. 5. Childhood Obesity -- 28. Childhood Obesity: Definition, Classification and Assessment / Aviva Must and Sarah E. Anderson -- 29. Childhood Obesity: Consequences and Complications / Kate Steinbeck -- 30. Treatment of Childhood and Adolescent Obesity / William H. Dietz -- Pt. 6. Environmental Policy Approaches -- 31. Obesity: Global Pandemic / Shiriki K. Kumanyika, Neville Rigby, Tim Lobstein, Rachel Jackson Leach and W. Philip T. James -- 32. Obesity and the Environment / Andy Jones and Graham Bentham -- 33. Obesity: Using the Ecologic Public Health Approach to Overcome Policy Cacophony / Geof Rayner and Tim Lang --^ 34. Comprehensive Approach to Obesity Prevention / Boyd Swinburn and A. Colin Bell.
Subject headings (LCSH): Obesity.