| Description |
xv, 592 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Contributing Authors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- -- I. Etiology, Pathophysiology, and Assessment -- 1. Obesity: A Disease or a Physiologic Adaptation for Survival? -- Robert H. Eckel -- 2. Genetic Influences on Obesity -- David B. Allison, Angelo Pietrobelli, Myles S. Faith, Kevin R. Fontaine, -- Eva Gropp, and Jose R. Ferndndez -- 3. Environmental Influences on Obesity -- James 0. Hill and William T. Donahoo -- 4. Pediatric Obesity -- William H. Dietz -- 5. Human Body Composition -- Daniel J Hoffman, Rebecca K Huber-Miller, David B. Allison, -- ZiMian Wang, Wei Shen, and Steven B. Heymsfield -- 6. Neuroendocrine Control of Energy Balance -- Nicholas A. Tritos and Eleftheria Maratos-Flier -- 7. Endocrine Control of Fuel Partitioning -- Samyah Shadid and Michael D. Jensen -- -- II. Comorbidities -- 8. Heart Disease -- Paul Poirier and Martin A. Alpert -- 9. Sleep-Disordered Breathing -- Tracey D. Robinson and Ronald R. Grunstein -- 10. Obesity and Type II Diabetes Mellitus -- Robert R. Henry and Sunder Mudaliar -- 11. Obesity, Hypertension, and Renal Disease -- John E. Hall, Daniel W Jones, Jeffrey Henegar, Terry M. Dwyer, -- and Jay J Kuo -- -- -- -- -- 12. Hepatobiliary Complications of Obesity -- Gregory T Everson and Marcelo Kugelmas -- 13. Cancer -- David Heber -- 14. Endocrine Disorders and Obesity -- Margaret E. Wierman -- 15. Psychosocial Complications of Obesity and Dieting -- Suzanne Phelan and Thomas A. Wadden -- 16. Dyslipidemia of the Metabolic Syndrome -- John D. Brunzell -- 17. Orthopedic Complications -- David T. Felson and Susan L. Edmond -- -- III. Therapeutics -- 18. Behavioral Treatment of Obesity: Strategies to Improve Outcome -- and Predictors of Success -- Rena R. Wing and Suzanne Phelan -- 19. Nutrition and Obesity -- Adam Drewnowski and Victoria A. Warren-Mears -- 20. Treatment of Obesity with Drugs in the New Millennium -- George A. Bray -- 21. Exercise -- William J Wilkinson and Steven N. Blair -- 22. Surgical Treatment of Obesity -- Rifat Latifi and Harvey J Sugerman -- 23. The Economic Impact of Overweight, Obesity, and Weight Loss -- Anne M. Wolf, JoAnn E. Manson, and Graham A. Colditz -- 24. Treatment of Childhood Obesity -- Sarah E. Barlow -- Appendix A. Body Mass Index -- Subject Index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Obesity.
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| Author |
Eckel, Robert H.
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| LC no. |
2002034136 |
| ISBN |
0781728444 |
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