Description
Book SynopsisThis accessible guide to obesity and its clinical management provides clear, didactic, clinically focused guidance for all healthcare professionals involved in the treatment and management of patients with obesity, thus acting as a repository of essential practical knowledge.
Trade Review"Written by experts in the field of obesity, this book covers an extremely important topic and all clinicians would benefit from reading it. Many health conditions can be linked to obesity, and many diseases are worsened by obesity. Teaching medical students, residents, and clinicians to treat and manage obesity is essential to the health of the world.” (Doody’s, 25 April 2014)
Table of ContentsPreface vii
Part 1 The Biology of Obesity—Why It Occurs 1
Victor Lawrence, Section Editor
1 Energy Balance and Body Weight Homeostasis 3
2 The Genetic Basis of Obesity 13
3 Adipocyte Biology 25
4 Fetal and Infant Origins of Obesity 33
5 Metabolic Fuels and Obesity 41
Part 2 Clinical Management of the Obese Individual 51
Robert Kushner, Section Editor
6 Practical Guide to Clinical Assessment and Treatment Planning 53
7 Stages of Obesity and Weight Maintenanc 63
8 Dietary Management 71
9 Physical Activity and Exercise 81
10 Behavior Therapy 91
11 Pharmacotherapy 99
12 Surgery 109
Part 3 Clinical Management of Obesity-Related Co-morbidities 121
Sudhesh Kumar and Milan K. Piya, Section Editors
13 Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases 123
14 Obesity and Reproductive Health 133
15 Gastro-intestinal and Hepatobiliary Disease 141
16 Respiratory Disease 149
17 Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease 157
18 Obesity: Mental Health and Social Consequences 167
19 Obesity and Musculo-skeletal Disease 175
20 The Obese Patient in Hospital 181
Conversion Table 187
Index 189
