Obesity and metabolism
By: volume editor, Márta Korbonits.
Contributors: Korbonits, Márta.
Series: Frontiers of hormone research -- v. 36
Publisher: Karger
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Basel; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9783805584296
Subjects: Obesity; Metabolism; Obesity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Monogenic human obesity / Farooqi, I.S.; title: Polygenic contribution to obesity : genome-wide strategies reveal new targets / Korner, A. ... [et al.]; title: Genetic obesity syndromes / Goldstone, A.P., Beales, P.L.; title: Fetal and neonatal pathways to obesity / Gluckman, P.D. ... [et al.]; title: Developmental origins of obesity and the metabolic syndrome : the role of maternal obesity / Armitage, J.A., Poston, L., Taylor, P.D.; title: Childhood obesity / Sabin, M.A., Shield, J.P.H.; title: Obesity in old age / McPhee Chapman, I.; title: Models of obesity in large animals and birds / Clarke, I.J.; title: The [beta]-cell in type 2 diabetes and in obesity / Rutter, G.A., Parton, L.E.; title: Role of the endocannabinoid system in energy balance regulation and obesity / Cota, D.; title: 11[beta]-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 and obesity / Morton, N.M., Seckl, J.R.; title: Gut and hormones and obesity / Wren, A.M.; title: Adipokines in obesity / Ahima, R.S., Osei, S.Y.; title: The role of AMP-activated protein kinase in obesity / Kola, B., Grossman, A.B., Korbonits, M.; title: Classical endocrine diseases causing obesity / Weaver, J.U.; title: Emerging concepts in the medical and surgical treatment of obesity / Aylwin, S., Al-Zaman, Y.; title: The sociology of obesity / Rosengren, A., Lissner, L.; title: Obesity in art; title: a brief overview / Woodhouse, R.