Obesity
Subtitle: evaluation and treatment essentials
By: edited by G. Michael Steelman, Eric C. Westman
Publisher: Informa Healthcare; CRC Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
ISBN-13: 9781420090024
Subjects: Prevention & control; Obesity; Therapy
Description: "Addressing a growing epidemic in today's world, Obesity: Evaluation and Treatment Essentials presents practical treatment protocols for obesity, including exercise, pharmacology, behavior modification, and dietary factors, from the point of view of the practicing physician. Encompassing a multidisciplinary audience of clinicians and researchers, this comprehensive resource is an invaluable, user-friendly tool for bariatric physicians and surgeons, endocrinologists, diabetologists, nutritionists, dieticians, and all those who treat obesity. Written by prominent members of the American Society of Bariatric Physicians, this text: -Showcases successful treatment methods by including key points of various clinicians in each chapter -Includes an up-to-date chapter on the pharmacology of bariatric medicine that identifies the three classes of obesity drugs: those that increase energy expenditure, those that decrease energy intake, and those that inhibit the digestion and absorption of food -Addresses various dietary intervention approaches such as low calorie balanced diets, low carbohydrate diets, and very low carbohydrate diets -Explores the comorbidities of obesity, such as hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and Type II diabetes"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Obesity: the scope of a growing problem / Harold C. Seim; title: Etiologies of obesity / Larry A. Richardson; title: Health hazards of obesity / G. Michael Steelman; title: Evaluation of the obese patient / James T. Cooper; title: Dietary treatment of the obese individual / Mary C. Vernon, Eric C. Westman, and James A. Wortman; title: The role of physical activity in the treatment of the obese individual / Deborah Bade Horn; title: Behavioral modication / Erin Chamberlin-Snyder; title: Pharmacotherapy / Ed J. Hendricks; title: Maintenance of weight loss / Scott Rigden; title: Surgical treatment of the obese individual / John B. Cleek; title: Medical treatment of pediatric obesity / Mary C. Vernon and Eric C. Westman; title: Residential lifestyle modication programs for the treatment of obesity / Howard J. Eisenson and Eric C. Westman; title: Current research and future hope / Frank L. Greenway and Steven R. Smith; title: Legal aspects and issues related to bariatric medical practice / James L. Bland.