Obesity and diabetes
By: edited by Christos S. Mantzoros.
Contributors: Mantzoros, Christos S.
Series: Contemporary diabetes
Publisher: Humana Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Totowa, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 555
Subjects: Diabetes; Obesity; Diabetes -- Complications; Obesity -- Complications; Diabetes Complications -- complications; Diabetes Mellitus -- physiopathology; Obesity -- complications; Obesity -- physiopathology
Description: International experts comprehensively review for practicing clinicians and scientists alike the latest understanding of the epidemioogy, causation, and consequences of diabetes and obesity. They discuss in detail their diagnosis, clinical manifestations, complications, and best practices for diagnosis and treatment. They also review the history and epidemiology of these conditions, explain their genetics and pathophysiology, and illuminate their known mechanisms and interactions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Obesity and diabetes: the historical events marking; title: The evolution of our understanding of the pathophysiology and treatment of two related diseases / George Karanastasis and Christos Mantzoros; title: Epidemiology of obesity and diabetes: prevalence and trends / Susanna C. Larsson and Alicja Wolk; title: Genetics of obesity and diabetes / Despina Sanoudou and Christos Mantzoros; title: Regulation of energy homeostasis: nutrients and peripherally secreted molecules / Greeshma K. Shetty, Diana Barb, and Christos Mantzoros; title: Regulation of energy homeostasis: central integration of peripheral signals / Greeshma K. Shetty, George Karanastasis, and Christos Mantzoros; title: Regulation of energy homeostasis: the role of energy expenditure / Eric S. Bachman; title: Pathophysiology of diabetes in obesity / Geetha Soodini and Osama Hamdy; title: Diagnosing obesity, diabetes mellitus and the insulin resistance syndrome / Diana Barb and Christos Mantzoros; title: The metabolic syndrome / Rochelle L. Chaiken and Mary Ann Banerji; title: Obesity, diabetes, and hypertension / Anjanette S. Tan ... [et al.]; title: Dyslipidemia associated with diabetes and insulin resistance syndromes / Jody Sushay and J. Peter Oettgen; title: Obesity, diabetes, and endothelial dysfunction / Geetha Soodini and Edward Horton; title: Atherosclerosis and peripheral vascular disease: sequelae of obesity and diabetes / Satish N. Nadig and Allen Hamdan; title: Obesity, diabetes, and risk of cancer: a review of epidemiological studies / Susanna C. Larsson, Hans-Olov Adami, and Alicja Wolk; title: Polycystic ovary syndrome a and its metabolic complications / Emilia P. Liao and Leonid Poretsky; title: Obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus in childhood and adolescence / Susann Blüher and Wieland Kiess; title: Diabetic retinopathy / Vassiliki Poulaki and Joan W. Miller; title: Obesity and renal disease / Ayman Geneidy and Richard Solomon; title: Diabetic peripheral neuropathy / Rachel Nardin and Roy Freeman; title: The diabetic foot / Thanh L. Dinh and Aristidis Veves; title: Erectile dysfunction / Kenneth J. Snow; title: Infectious diseases in diabetes mellitus / Sotirios Tsiodras ... [et al.]; title: The HAART-induced metabolic syndrome / Sotirios Tsiodras, Theodore Kelesideis, and Christos Mantzoros; title: Diet and lifestyle in the prevention and management of type 2 diabetes / Frank B. Hu; title: Diet, exercise, and behavioral treatment of obesity / George L. Blackburn; title: Medical approaches to the treatment of the obese patient / George A. Bray and Donna H. Ryan; title: Medical treatment of the obese patient with type 2 diabetes / Jean L. Chan, Christos Mantzoros and Martin J. Abrahamson; title: Surgical treatment of obesity / Benjamin E. Schneider and Edward C. Mun; title: Future developments in the area of pharmacotherapy: molecules that affect energy homeostasis in early-stage preclinical development and preclinical trials / Diana Barb, Greeshma K. Shetty, and Christos Mantzoros.