Obesity and diabetes
By: editors, Anthony H. Barnett, Sudhesh Kumar.
Contributors: Barnett, A. H. 1951-; Kumar, Sudhesh.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex, UK; Hoboken, NJ
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780470519813
Subjects: Obesity; Non-insulin-dependent diabetes; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 -- etiology; Obesity -- complications; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 -- epidemiology; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 -- therapy; Obesity -- therapy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Changing epidemiology of obesity : implications for diabetes / Jonathan Webber; title: The genetics of human obesity / Victor J. Lawrence and Tahseen A. Chowdhury; title: Lifestyle determinants of obesity / Laura Johnson and Susan A. Jebb; title: Pathophysiology of obesity-induced T2DM / Kostos Lois, Phillip McTernan and Sudhesh Kumar; title: Obesity and prevention of type 2 diabetes / Jaakko Tuomilehto, Jaana Lindstrom and Karri Silventoinen; title: Diet and food-based therapies for obesity in diabetic patients / Iain Broom; title: Behaviour change components of obesity treatment / Brent Van Dorsten; title: Physical activity, obesity and type 2 diabetes / Carlton B. Cooke and Paul J. Gately; title: Diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease : therapeutic implications / Jayadave Shakher and Anthony H. Barnett; title: Drug therapy for the obese diabetic patient / John P.H. Wilding; title: The role of metabolic surgery in the management of type 2 diabetes / David Kerrigan and John Pinkney; title: Childhood obesity and type 2 diabetes / Krystyna A. Matyka; title: Obesity and PCOS / Diana Raskauskiene and Richard N. Clayton; title: Management of diabesity in primary care : a multidisciplinary approach / Ian W. Campbell; title: Obesity and employment / Nerys Williams; title: Obesity in different ethnic groups / Ponnusamy Saravanan, George Valsamakis and Sudhesh Kumar.