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Obesity : mechanisms and clinical management /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Eckel, Robert H.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, PA : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2003]
Subjects:
Obesity.
Table of Contents:
  • pt. I. Etiology, pathophysiology, and assessment
  • Obesity : a disease or a physiologic adaptation for survival?
  • Genetic influences on obesity
  • Environmental influences on obesity
  • Pediatric obesity
  • Human body composition
  • Neuroendocrine control of energy balance
  • Endocrine control of fuel partitioning
  • pt. II. Comorbidities
  • Heart disease
  • Sleep-disordered breathing
  • Obesity and type II diabetes mellitus
  • Obesity, hypertension, and renal disease
  • Hepatobiliary complications of obesity
  • Cancer
  • Endocrine disorders and obesity
  • Psychosocial complications of obesity and dieting
  • Dyslipidemia of the metabolic syndrome
  • Orthopedic complications
  • pt. III. Therapeutics
  • Behavioral treatment of obesity : strategies to improve outcome and predictors of success
  • Nutrition and obesity
  • Treatment of obesity with drugs in the new millennium
  • Exercise
  • Surgical treatment of obesity
  • The economic impact of overweight, obesity, and weight loss
  • Treatment of childhood obesity