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Book SynopsisA riveting history of the rise and fall of the obesity epidemic during 1950s and 1960s America. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company identified obesity as the leading cause of premature death in the United States in the 1930s, but it wasn't until 1951 that the public health and medical communities finally recognized it as America's Number One Health Problem. The reason for MetLife's interest? They wanted their policyholders to live longer and continue paying their premiums. Early postwar America responded to the obesity emergency, but by the end of the 1960s, the crisis waned and official rates of true obesity were reduced despite the fact that Americans were growing no thinner. What mid-century factors and forces established obesity as a politically meaningful and culturally resonant problem in the first place? And why did obesity fade from publicand medicalconsciousness only a decade later? Based on archival records of health leaders as well as medical and popular literature, Fat inTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsChapter 1. Fat and the Public's Health before the Second World War Chapter 2. Obesity Becomes a Mental Disorder Chapter 3. The Postwar Heart Alarm Chapter 4. Fighting Heart Disease One Calorie at a Time in Cold War Suburbia Chapter 5. The New Epidemiology and Its Impact Chapter 6. The Disappearance of Obesity as a Public Health ProblemNotes Index

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Book SynopsisHow can we work together to understand the rise of obesity and reverse its related diseases and societal impacts?Obesity is a complex condition that increases a person's risk for developing diabetes, heart disease, cancer, dementia, and other life-threatening conditions. Contrary to prevailing notions that it results solely from a person's diet and exercise failings, a predisposition to obesity is actually determined by genetics as well as by environmental and socioeconomic factors that lie beyond individual control. In Can the Obesity Crisis Be Reversed?, Dr. Rexford Ahima draws on his extensive laboratory and clinical experiences at top institutions to examine the complicated causes of obesity, as well as the most cutting-edge approaches for prevention and treatment. Ahima looks at how the rising trends of obesity and associated diseases are driving up health care costs. He also offers insight into the widespread suffering that obesity imposes and its disproportionate impacts in minoTable of ContentsPreface Introduction1. How Do People Gain Excess Weight?2. Why Are People Getting Heavier?3. What Are the Consequences of Obesity?4. What Are the Best Ways to Lose Weight?5. How to Reverse the Obesity CrisisAcknowledgmentsNotesIndexAppendix: Obesity Organizations and Resources

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Book SynopsisHow and why the idea of wellness holds such rhetoricaland harmfulpower. In Why Wellness Sells, Colleen Derkatch examines why the concept of wellness holds such rhetorical power in contemporary culture. Public interest in wellness is driven by two opposing philosophies of health that cycle into and amplify each other: restoration, where people use natural health products to restore themselves to prior states of wellness; and enhancement, where people strive for maximum wellness by optimizing their body's systems and functions. Why Wellness Sells tracks the tension between these two ideas of wellness across a variety of sources, including interviews, popular and social media, advertising, and online activism. Derkatch examines how wellness manifests across multiple domains, where being well means different things, ranging from a state of pre-illness to an empowered act of good consumer-citizenship, from physical or moral purification to sustenance and care, and from harm reduction to oTrade Review'Wellness is ever present in lives increasingly lived in crisis,' Colleen Derkatch writes in her book Why Wellness Sells. Wellness, she argues, presents collective social ills as problems for the individual to solve through some alchemy of consumer behavior.—The GuardianTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter One. Wellness as Incipient IllnessChapter Two. Wellness as Self-ManagementChapter Three. Wellness as Harm ReductionChapter Four. Wellness as Survival StrategyChapter Five. Wellness as OptimizationChapter Six. Wellness as PerformanceConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisSynopsis coming soon.......Trade Review"Bittman’s visionary imagination sparkles on every page." -- Mark Knoblauch * Booklist *“…further proof (as if it were needed) that Bittman belongs on every cook’s bookshelf.” * The Daily Beast *“The Food Matters Cookbook is a fantastic cookbook for anyone who is interested in eating more healthy meals. It's perfect for the beginner but will be enjoyed by even the most accomplished chef because of the variety of creativity of the recipes.” * BlogCritics.org *“Bittman's works encompass the full scope of contemporary cookery.” * Louisville Courier-Journal *“Practical and balanced, this collection will shape the way we cook for years to come.” * Publishers Weekly (starred review) *"Those of us who love reading about food and recipes should find Mark Bittman's new book, The Food Matters Cookbook: 500 Revolutionary Recipes for Better Living, a cookbook worth reading." * Jewish Chronicle *

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Book SynopsisThe perception of an inadequate body shape is a leading cause of worry to many people, both men and women. New techniques for altering body shape are increasingly being developed and offerred to patients. Of these, the removal and transfer of fat is rapidly growing in importance and availability.Table of ContentsList of contributors vii Abbreviations ix 1 Introduction 1Hrak Ray Jalian, Alison Avram, and Mathew M. Avram 2 Facial fat: anatomy and implications for rejuvenation 12Hrak Ray Jalian and Rebecca Fitzgerald 3 Histology and pathology of subcutaneous tissue 23Selim M. Nasser and Zeina S. Tannous 4 Injectable treatments for fat and cellulite 37Adam M. Rotunda 5 The architecture of cellulite 59Arisa E. Ortiz and Mathew M. Avram 6 Cellulite treatment 68Neil S. Sadick and Suveena Bhutani 7 Cooling for fat 101Andrew A. Nelson 8 Laser lipolysis and laser-assisted liposuction 120Robert A. Weiss 9 Soft tissue augmentation for facial lipoatrophy and volumization 137Nazanin Saedi and Kenneth Arndt Index 147

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Book SynopsisChildhood obesity has several early-onset adverse effects on all body organs and the metabolism. Moreover, as obesity tracks from childhood to adulthood, it can be an underlying factor for the development of chronic non-communicable diseases, which are the worldwide leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Such chronic diseases can result from lifelong accumulation of some risk factors, including obesity. Therefore, sustained interventions are necessary to tackle the onset or progression of childhood obesity. Childhood obesity is no more limited to high-income countries; it has a rapid growing trend in low and middle-come countries. In addition to genetic background, environmental disruptor chemicals and their epigenetic effects are of important underlying factors for the escalating trend of childhood obesity and the trans-generational aspects of obesity. It is noteworthy to consider the early life determinants of childhood obesity, including prenatal, perinatal and post-natal factors, are usually preventable. Dietary habits are formed in the first years of life; therefore it is of crucial importance to establish healthy habits from early life. Food industry, food environment, and social media are important factors influencing the food choices for families and their children. On the other hand, parents are the most important role models for lifestyle habits of their children. In addition to preventative measures, it is important to know how to manage excess weight in growing children, who need enough macro- and micronutrients for their growth, but need to have controlled food intake. Various family-based and school-based interventions are suggested in this regard. In addition to energy intake, it is essential to increase the energy expenditure by regular exercise. Most healthcare providers are not aware of appropriate physical activity for weight control in the pediatric age group. Sometimes the process of weight gain is not correctly prevented or controlled in children and adolescents, and they would suffer from morbid obesity necessitating surgical treatment. Limited evidence-based information is available about these aspects of childhood obesity. This book is written with collaboration of international experts with different scientific backgrounds, who contributed in gathering the updates and findings from their experience on how to deal with the complex factors related to childhood obesity. The main focus of this book is on providing updated information on all above-mentioned aspects related to childhood obesity. It is expected that researchers, health care providers, physicians, health decision makers, and families would find this book as a beneficial tool for implementing widespread measures for prevention and control of childhood obesity.Table of ContentsPreface; Childhood Obesity in Lower and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs); Epigenetics and Childhood Obesity; Food Environment and Childhood Overweight and Obesity; The Association of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Childhood Obesity; Family-Related Risk Factors of Childhood Obesity; Simple Interactive Tools Supporting the Diagnosis of Obesity, Hypertension and Low Physical Fitness in Children and Adolescents; Sleep Patterns and Sedentary Behaviors: Is the Association with Obesity Already Evident in Childhood?; Parental Factors Associated with Childhood Obesity; Cardiovascular System in Childhood Obesity; Associations of Overweight/Obesity and Cardio Metabolic Risk Factors in Children and Adolescents Participating in the PEP Family Heart Study; Metabolically Healthy Obesity in the Childhood: A Pattern or a Transient State?; Protecting Children from Unfavorable Food Marketing; Actions to Promote the Intake of Healthy Foods by Children; Lifestyle Modifications and Dietary Approaches to Prevent Obesity Hypertension among Children and Adolescents; Appropriate Physical Activities for Controlling Childhood Obesity; An Overview of Interventions for Controlling Obesity in Pre-School Children; Effect of School Programs for Healthy Eating and Active Living to Prevent Childhood Obesity; Surgery to Treat Obesity in Children and Adolescents; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis fresh new book from artist and dieting realist Samara Q. Klein allows you to have fun while maintaining resolve.

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Book SynopsisThe prevalence of obesity has dramatically increased over the last 25 years. In the United States, it is estimated that two-thirds of the population is either overweight or obese. This increase will undoubtedly continue to have profound medical, economic, and psychosocial consequences. As obesity and its medical complications become more common, novel inter-disciplinary approaches are emerging to help understanding the complex regulation of eating behavior and body weight. Although the notion that the brain is critical in regulating food intake and body weight is becoming more commonly accepted, innovative ideas examining this complex relationship must be pursued. Stemming from a 2007–2008 lecture series at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Kidney Diseases, this Annals volume presents a series of up-to-date reviews that evaluate the role played by the brain in body weight regulation. NOTE: Annals volumes are available for sale as individual books or as a journal. For information on institutional journal subscriptions, please visit http://ordering.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/subs.asp?ref=1749-6632&doi=10.1111/(ISSN)1749-6632. ACADEMY MEMBERS: Please contact the New York Academy of Sciences directly to place your order (www.nyas.org). Members of the New York Academy of Science receive full-text access to Annals online and discounts on print volumes. Please visit http://www.nyas.org/MemberCenter/Join.aspx for more information about becoming a member.Table of ContentsThe Brain and Obesity Lectures Series - the beginning of a new field? Giovanni Cizza Kristina I. Rother vii Conjectures on some curious connections among social status, calorie restriction, hunger, fatness, and longevity Kathryn A. Kaiser Daniel L: Smith David B. Allison 1 Role of the blood-brain barrier in the evolution of feeding and cognition William A. Banks 13 The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and sex hormones in chronic stress and obesity: pathophysiological and clinical aspects Renato Pasquali 20 Food reward in the obese and after weight loss induced by calorie restriction and bariatric surgery Hans-Rudolf Berthoud Huiyuan Zheng Andrew C. Shin 36 Brain-derived neurotrophic factor as a regulator of systemic and brain energy metabolism and cardiovascular health Sarah M. Rothman Kathleen J. Griffioen Ruiqian Wan Mark P. Mattson 49 Leptin action on nonneuronal cells in the CNS: potential clinical applications Weihong Pan Hung Hsuchou Bhavaani Jayaram Reas S. Khan Eagle Yi-Kung Huang Xiaojun Wu Chu Chen Abba J. Kastin 64 Brain orexin promotes obesity resistance Catherine Kotz Joshua Nixon Tammy Butterick Claudio Perez-Leighton Jennifer Teske Charles Billington 72 Visceral adipose tissue: emerging role of gluco- and mineralocorticoid hormones in the setting of cardiometabolic alterations Marco Boscaro Gilberta Giacchetti Vanessa Ronconi 87 The circadian clock transcriptional complex: metabolic feedback intersects with epigenetic control Selma Masri Loredana Zocchi Sayako Katada Eugenio Mora Paolo Sassone-Corsi 103 Interacting epidemics? Sleep curtailment, insulin resistance, and obesity ElianeA. Lucassen Kristina I. Rother Giovanni Cizza 110 Childhood obesity and sleep: relatives, partners, or both?-a critical perspective on the evidence David Gozal Leila Kheirandish-Gozal 135

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Book SynopsisThe long-awaited cookbook is here! Great food that''s good for you--that''s the foundation of the South Beach Diet and the reason millions of people around the world have adopted it as their lifelong eating plan, shedding unwanted pounds in the process. Created by leading Miami cardiologist Arthur Agatston, M.D., the diet emphasizes good fats and good carbohydrates, the kind that stave off cravings for unhealthy sugary food and promote long-term weight loss. It''s not "diet" food--it''s satisfying, flavorful dishes that are good for your health and your waistline. Whether you''re already a South Beach Diet success story or brand-new to the program, you''ll find a wealth of inspiration in The South Beach Diet Cookbook to keep you on track without feeling deprived. The recipes are simple enough to make every day but delicious enough to serve on any occasion: Oatmeal Pancakes, Buttermilk Salmon Chowder, Caribbean Baked Chicken with Mango, Grilled Filet Mignon with Roasted Garlic Chipotle Pepper Chimichurri, Mexican Lasagna, Sage and Rosemary Pork, Red Snapper with Avocado Salsa, Thai Vegetable Stir-Fry, and Chocolate Pie with Crispy Peanut Butter Crust. Each recipe is marked "Phase 1," "Phase 2," or "Phase 3," so you''ll know immediately where it falls in the diet; there are also 25 all-new recipes from the top chefs and restaurants in Miami. Illustrated with 50 full-color photographs and packed with extras like shopping lists and a pantry guide, The South Beach Diet Cookbook is an essential addition to your kitchen shelf.

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the risk factors, challenges and health implications of obesity. Topics include the implications for behavioural solutions to weight control in the general population; obesity prevalence and socio-economic position; moral, scientific and social dimensions of the fat body; dietary approaches to obesity; and metabolic syndrome in weight management.

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Book SynopsisWhen you have a demanding training schedule, you need a smart, nutritious diet to help fuel your body. Eat Right, Train Right teaches you how to adapt a nourishing diet to suit your own individual training goals, regardless of whether you want to run a marathon, build muscle, or lose weight. Whether you’re looking to develop a more active lifestyle, or you already have a regimented training program, this book teaches you how to utilize your diet to help achieve the best possible results.Author Niclas Ericsson is a professional trainer who has an interest in the relationship between food and training. Ericsson presents the reader with full menus, practical shopping lists, and tips for creating healthy on-the-go lunches. The book makes nutrition easy by providing a unique model for estimating portion size and tips for nourishment calculations. Recipes are inspired from flavors all over the world and divided by such categories as proteins, vegetables, carbohydrates, and flavorings. The chapters are divided by ingredients and are based on what is readily available at everyday supermarkets, making the recipes simple and affordable to make.

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Book SynopsisThe world-wide problem of obesity has increased to epidemic proportions over the last several decades and continues to grow. Obesity is now a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the western world. Due to the limited success of dieting, lifestyle changes and medical therapy, bariatric or weight-loss surgery has become increasingly important in the fight against obesity. At this time, bariatric surgery -- now commonly called metabolic surgery -- has been shown to be the most effective and durable treatment for obesity. This book provides the reader with a comprehensive, evidenced-based and updated review of all aspects relating to bariatric surgery. The introductory chapters provide a broad overview of basic concepts such as the epidemiology of obesity, its medical treatment and related psychological issues. Preoperative evaluation of the bariatric patient and selection of the most appropriate operation is thoroughly discussed. The different types of operations and their risks and benefits are examined in depth. The text also focuses on practical issues in postoperative management and nutritional follow-up. Specific attention is given to pre-pregnancy and pregnancy considerations including pregnancy outcome following bariatric surgery and the optimal bariatric-pregnancy interval. Written by international experts, this book is a valuable resource for a broad spectrum of clinicians and healthcare professionals dealing with obesity. It also serves as a pragmatic reference for all those involved in the care of bariatric or obese patients who are considering bariatric surgery. Medical and nursing students as well as residents in surgery, medicine, obstetrics/gynaecology, and family practice will also benefit from it at any stage of their training.

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Book SynopsisIntermittent fasting, also known as the “5:2 diet,” has become incredibly popular in recent months. And with good reason—it works! The so-called fast diet calls for eating normally for five days and then eating a reduced amount, five hundred calories for women and six hundred for men, on the remaining two days of every week. By reducing your calorie intake for just two days a week, you will reset your metabolism and rev up your body’s fat-burning ability to cause dramatic weight loss without deprivation.The 5:2 Fast Diet Cookbook is the key to learning what to eat on these low-calorie fasting days. Inside you’ll find recipes and tips for getting the most satisfaction and fullness from your low-calorie bucks. With 150 nutritious recipes, none of which has more than two hundred calories per serving, you’ll have a wide variety of choices for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks on these two crucial days.With delicious dishes like garlic, ginger, and honey chicken and roasted cauliflower with Parmesan, you definitely will not feel deprived on your fasting days! These recipes are packed with flavor and are easy to make, even for busy weeknight meals.

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Book SynopsisWhat if it were possible to lose body fat without hunger?Based on the latest research into the how and why of the obesity crisis, The Boring Diet shares a practical plan, accidentally discovered by the author, to lose excess weight, preserve lean body mass, and get control over your hunger.In this exciting and groundbreaking book you’ll learn: Why most diet plans work – for a while – but then stall out. Why low carb and keto are “half right” and why our body’s particular pleasure response to food, not insulin particularly, is the more effective cause of obesity. How a groundbreaking approach to alcohol and drug therapy can be applied to the problem of addictive food. The biochemistry of food addiction, written in easy-to-understand language. How two studies involving a mystery “goop” and rats eating supermarket food provide clues to the causes of obesity. Why hunger is a relative concept, and how your body uses it to trick you into eating junk food. How to attack hunger from two directions by making your food environment less interesting – boring! – and providing healthy alternatives. The foods you absolutely must eliminate from your environment if you are to have any hope of success. Why low carb diets work, if followed, but also why they almost always eventually fail. How Hollywood stars routinely gain and lose weight for movie roles. The “BCAT” method for silencing your nagging hunger. What a drug with a miraculous ability to cure alcoholism – if the right procedure is followed – can teach us about combatting food addiction. A simple sample meal plan that applies all of the principles of the book. Why The Boring Diet is a simple, but not easy, way to retrain your brain’s relationship to food. Why you should weigh yourself daily. How following The Boring Diet imperfectly can still produce great results. The purpose of exercise and why it’s important for physical and mental health but has almost no impact on weight loss. Why the “Valley of Fat Loss” makes it so difficult to stick with a weight loss effort to achieve true fitness. Why people who are already at a healthy weight need to implement the principles of The Boring Diet to ensure continued fitness in our “obesogenic” society. The Boring Diet should be read by everyone who struggles with excess weight. Utilizing the latest concepts in biochemistry, neuroscience, addiction science, and how these were applied in the author’s personal journey to maintain weight loss over more than a decade, The Boring Diet is a short, concise, easy-to-read solution. In the author’s words: “I don’t recommend taking my advice blindly, but testing it for yourself. I’m not a doctor, just an independent, analytical thinker. I have had some success in business, which helps me sort through complex information amid uncertainty to develop practical plans of action. The doctors don’t seem to have the answers either, given the obesity epidemic. I hope what I say makes sense and is useful to you, but test it for yourself, take what’s useful, and discard the rest.”

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