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OBESITY
Martin O Weickert, MD - Editor

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INTRODUCTION TO OBESITY

  Introduction  
  Definitions and Classification of Obesity 1 Angelo Del Parigi, M.D.
  The Disease Burden Associated with Overweight and Obesity 2 Aviva Must, PhD and Nicola M McKeown, PhD
FACTORS INFLUENCING OBESITY  
  The Regulation of Body Weight in Humans 7.2

Leanne Redman, PhD, Darcy Johannsen, PhD, Eric Ravussin, PhD

  Regulation of Energy Intake in Humans 3.1 Andrea L. Tracy, PhD & Stephen C. Benoit, PhD
  The Regulation of Food Intake in Humans 7.3

Graham Finlayson, Jason Halford, Neil King, John Blundell

  Regulation of Energy Expenditure in Humans 4a John Speakman
  Neuroendocrine Integration of Body Weight Regulation 5

Juliane Kampe, MD,Matthias Tschöp, M.D., and Tamas L. Horvath, DVM, Ph.D, Petra Widmer, PhD

 

     
  Lessons from Models of Monogenic and Polygenic Obesity in Rodents 6 Julie E. McMinn, PhD, RD, and Rudolph L. Leibel, MD.
  The Genetics of Obesity in Humans 8 Prof.Stephen O'Rahilly, MD and I. Sadaf Farooqi, MD
  Environmental Factors Influencing Obesity Bonnie J. Brehm, and David A. D’Alessio
  Non Exercise Activity Thermogenesis and Obesity 7.1 J A Levine, MD
HEALTH IMPLICATIONS OF OBESITY  
 

Clinical Problems caused by Obesity 13

Ioannis Kyrou and Martin O Weickert
 

Special Considerations Relative to Pediatric Obesity 16

Michael Rosenbaum, MD
  The Healthy Obese Person 16.1 Thomas M Barber, MD and S Kumar

THE OBESITY SYNDROME: CLINICAL PATHOPHYSIOLOGY

     
  Dyslipidemia of Obesity 10 Giacomo Ruotolo, MD, PhD, Barbara V. Howard, PhD, and David C. Robbins, MD
  Endocrine Function in Human Obesity 12 Yasser Ousman, M.D., and Kenneth D. Burman, M.D.
  Molecular Links Between Obesity and Diabetes: "Diabesity" 11

Alexandra Chadt, Ph.D., Stephan Scherneck, Ph.D., Hans-Georg Joost, M.D., ,Ph.D, and Hadi Al-Hasani, Ph.D.

   
     
  The Metabolic Syndrome 9 Dara H Cohen, MD
Derek LeRoith, MD
PREVENTION OF OBESITY  
  Prevention of Obesity 22 George A. Bray, MD, MACP, MACE

TREATMENT OF OBESITY

   Pharmacologic Treatment of Obesity 15

Rekha B. Kumar, MD, MS, Louis J. Aronne, MD, Jonathan A. Waitman, MD, Kathy Keenan Isoldi, MS, RD, CDE

     
  Behavioral Treatment of Obesity 17 Rena R Wing,PhD
  Dietary Treatment of Obesity 18 Johanna T Dwyer, DSc, RD and Kathleen J Melanson, PhD,RD,LD, Corinne Dobbas, MS, RD, Lindsey Toth, MS, RD and Lisa N Faucon, MS, RD MS, RD
  Exercise Treatment of Obesity 19 Loretta DiPietro, MPH, PhD1 and Nina S. Stachenfeld, PhD
  Surgical Treatment of obesity 20 Paul O'Brien, MD
  New Molecular Targets for the Treatment of Obesity 21

Lois K, Mastorakos G, Valsamakis G