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Obesity is a major problem facing doctors in the 21st century. This third edition of a highly-respected textbook combines the latest in clinical research with a practical approach to guide the successful evaluation, management and treatment of the obese patient including the large number of complications and other conditions that can arise as a consequence of it.Written by experts from around the globe, this book is a truly international work recognizing that the approach for the treatment and management of obesity may vary between differing ethnicities and in different countries. The book addresses obesity and its social and cultural aspects, biology, associated diseases, life stages (pediatric and adult), management, and environmental policy approaches in six sections. As well as covering the latest approaches to treatment of obesity, Clinical Obesity in Adults and Children considers the effects of the environment, of gender and of culture on this problem.This is an invaluable resource for all health care professionals, research scientists and public health practitioners involved in the prevention and care of patients who are at risk of obesity or are already obese.
List of contents
Part 1 Obesity1 Epidemiology: Definition and Classification of Obesity2 Measuring Body Composition in Adults and Children3 Stigma and Social Consequences of Obesity4 Obesity and Culture,5 Obesity and GenderPart 2 Biology of Obesity6 Energy Balance and Body Weight Homeostasis7 Genes and Obesity8 Fetal and Infant Origins of Obesity9 Adipocyte Biology10 Metabolic Fuels and Obesity11 Eating Behavior12 Energy Expenditure in Humans: The Influence of Activity,Diet and the Sympathetic Nervous SystemPart 3 Obesity and Disease13 Obesity and Dyslipidemia: Importance of Body Fat Distribution14 Obesity Insulin Resistance and Gut Hormones15 Obesity as an Endocrine Disease16 Metabolic Syndrome, Diabetes and Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis17 Cardiovascular Consequences of Obesity18 Adult Obesity: Fertility19 Obstructive Sleep ApneaPart 4 Management of Adult Obesity20 An Overview of Obesity Management21 Dietary Management of Obesity: Eating Plans22 Behavioural Treatment of Obesity23 Exercise, Physical Activity and Obesity24 Drugs Used Clinically to Reduce Body Weight25 The Management of Obesity: Surgery26 Weight Loss Maintenance and Weight Cycling27 Education and Training of Healthcare ProfessionalsPart 5 Childhood Obesity28 Childhood Obesity: Definition, Classification and Assessment, 37529 Childhood Obesity: Consequences and Complications30 The Treatment of Childhood and Adolescent ObesityPart 6 Environmental Policy Approaches31 Obesity: Global Pandemic32 Obesity and the Environment33 Obesity: Using the Ecologic Public Health Approach to Overcome Policy Cacophony34 A Comprehensive Approach to Obesity Prevention
About the author
Peter Kopelman Director, Institute of Health, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
Ian Caterson
Regional Vice-President, International Association for the Study of Obesity, Member, Scientific Council, International Obesity Task Force, Co-Director NSW Centre for Overweight & Obesity, NSW Centre for Public health Nutrition, Australia
William Dietz
Director of the Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity in the Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion at the CDC, Atlanta, USA
Summary
Obesity is a major problem facing doctors in the 21st century. This third edition of a highly-respected textbook combines the latest in clinical research with a practical approach to guide the successful evaluation, management and treatment of the obese patient including the large number of complications and other conditions that can arise as a consequence of it.
Written by experts from around the globe, this book is a truly international work recognizing that the approach for the treatment and management of obesity may vary between differing ethnicities and in different countries. The book addresses obesity and its social and cultural aspects, biology, associated diseases, life stages (pediatric and adult), management, and environmental policy approaches in six sections. As well as covering the latest approaches to treatment of obesity, Clinical Obesity in Adults and Children considers the effects of the environment, of gender and of culture on this problem.
This is an invaluable resource for all health care professionals, research scientists and public health practitioners involved in the prevention and care of patients who are at risk of obesity or are already obese.
Report
"I would recommend this book for simple reference in practice ormore involved research into obesity." (Primary Health Care, 1October 2011)
