This accessible guide to obesity and its clinical management provides clear, didactic, clinically focused guidance for all healthcare professionals involved in the treatment and management of patients with obesity, thus acting as a repository of essential practical knowledge. It is an ideal practical guide for registrars and residents in endocrinology and metabolic disease, as well as all other health professionals who regularly manage obese patients, such as specialist obesity and diabetes nurses, dietitians, and general practitioners with an interest in obesity management.
This accessible guide to obesity and its clinical management provides clear, didactic, clinically focused guidance for all healthcare professionals involved in the treatment and management of patients with obesity, thus acting as a repository of essential practical knowledge. It is an ideal practical guide for registrars and residents in endocrinology and metabolic disease, as well as all other health professionals who regularly manage obese patients, such as specialist obesity and diabetes nurses, dietitians, and general practitioners with an interest in obesity management.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Robert Kushner, Professor of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, USA Victor Lawrence, Consultant Physician, Endocrinology and Diabetes, St Mary's Hospital, Newport, Isle of Wight, UK Sudhesh Kumar, Professor of Medicine, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, UK
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Preface vii Part 1 The Biology of Obesity-Why It Occurs 1 Victor Lawrence, Section Editor 1 Energy Balance and Body Weight Homeostasis 3 2 The Genetic Basis of Obesity 13 3 Adipocyte Biology 25 4 Fetal and Infant Origins of Obesity 33 5 Metabolic Fuels and Obesity 41 Part 2 Clinical Management of the Obese Individual 51 Robert Kushner, Section Editor 6 Practical Guide to Clinical Assessment and Treatment Planning 53 7 Stages of Obesity and Weight Maintenanc 63 8 Dietary Management 71 9 Physical Activity and Exercise 81 10 Behavior Therapy 91 11 Pharmacotherapy 99 12 Surgery 109 Part 3 Clinical Management of Obesity-Related Co-morbidities 121 Sudhesh Kumar and Milan K. Piya, Section Editors 13 Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases 123 14 Obesity and Reproductive Health 133 15 Gastro-intestinal and Hepatobiliary Disease 141 16 Respiratory Disease 149 17 Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease 157 18 Obesity: Mental Health and Social Consequences 167 19 Obesity and Musculo-skeletal Disease 175 20 The Obese Patient in Hospital 181 Conversion Table 187 Index 189
Preface vii Part 1 The Biology of Obesity-Why It Occurs 1 Victor Lawrence, Section Editor 1 Energy Balance and Body Weight Homeostasis 3 2 The Genetic Basis of Obesity 13 3 Adipocyte Biology 25 4 Fetal and Infant Origins of Obesity 33 5 Metabolic Fuels and Obesity 41 Part 2 Clinical Management of the Obese Individual 51 Robert Kushner, Section Editor 6 Practical Guide to Clinical Assessment and Treatment Planning 53 7 Stages of Obesity and Weight Maintenanc 63 8 Dietary Management 71 9 Physical Activity and Exercise 81 10 Behavior Therapy 91 11 Pharmacotherapy 99 12 Surgery 109 Part 3 Clinical Management of Obesity-Related Co-morbidities 121 Sudhesh Kumar and Milan K. Piya, Section Editors 13 Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases 123 14 Obesity and Reproductive Health 133 15 Gastro-intestinal and Hepatobiliary Disease 141 16 Respiratory Disease 149 17 Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease 157 18 Obesity: Mental Health and Social Consequences 167 19 Obesity and Musculo-skeletal Disease 175 20 The Obese Patient in Hospital 181 Conversion Table 187 Index 189
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