Table of Contents:
- Definition and assessment of obesity
- Multiple symmetrical lipomatosis (launois-bensaude syndrome)
- Leptin deficiency
- Prader-Willi syndrome : a genetic form of obesity secondary to an impaired satiety response
- Familial form of adult Bardet-Biedl disease associated with metabolic syndrome and increased vascular risk
- Alström syndrome
- The pro-opiomelanocortin gene in body weight regulation and obesity
- Obesity caused by psychopharmacotherapy
- Endocrine disorders and obesity : why do patients become obese
- Regulation of food intake : mechanisms and pathomechanisms
- Recent studies on the prevention of obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus : what can we do?
- Surgical treatment of obesity
- Medical treatment of obesity
- Dietary treatment of obesity and the role of physical activity.