Clinical Obesity in Adults and Children

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.

Spis treści:
Part 1 Obesity
1 Epidemiology: Definition and Classification of Obesity
2 Measuring Body Composition in Adults and Children
3 Stigma and Social Consequences of Obesity
4 Obesity and Culture,
5 Obesity and Gender
Part 2 Biology of Obesity
6 Energy Balance and Body Weight Homeostasis
7 Genes and Obesity
8 Fetal and Infant Origins of Obesity
9 Adipocyte Biology
10 Metabolic Fuels and Obesity
11 Eating Behavior
12 Energy Expenditure in Humans: The Influence of Activity,
Diet and the Sympathetic Nervous System
Part 3 Obesity and Disease
13 Obesity and Dyslipidemia: Importance of Body Fat Distribution
14 Obesity Insulin Resistance and Gut Hormones
15 Obesity as an Endocrine Disease
16 Metabolic Syndrome, Diabetes and Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis
17 Cardiovascular Consequences of Obesity
18 Adult Obesity: Fertility
19 Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Part 4 Management of Adult Obesity
20 An Overview of Obesity Management
21 Dietary Management of Obesity: Eating Plans
22 Behavioural Treatment of Obesity
23 Exercise, Physical Activity and Obesity
24 Drugs Used Clinically to Reduce Body Weight
25 The Management of Obesity: Surgery
26 Weight Loss Maintenance and Weight Cycling
27 Education and Training of Healthcare Professionals
Part 5 Childhood Obesity
28 Childhood Obesity: Definition, Classification and Assessment, 375
29 Childhood Obesity: Consequences and Complications
30 The Treatment of Childhood and Adolescent Obesity
Part 6 Environmental Policy Approaches
31 Obesity: Global Pandemic
32 Obesity and the Environment
33 Obesity: Using the Ecologic Public Health Approach to Overcome Policy Cacophony
34 A Comprehensive Approach to Obesity Prevention

Nota biograficzna:
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

Okładka tylna:
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.