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Introduction
HEALTH IMPLICATIONS OF OBESITY
Jose F Caro,MD
Eli Lilly and Co.
1 Definitions and Classification of Obesity
Jose F Caro,MD
Eli Lilly and Co.
2 The Disease Burden Associated with Obesity
Aviva Must,MD and Nichola M  Mc Keown, MD
School of Medicine,
Tufts University, Boston, MA
2co The Disease Burden Associated with Obesity
Nicola M McKeown, MD
USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA
3 Regulation of Energy Intake
Robert Considine
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, 
Indianapolis, IN 46202
4 Regulation of Energy Expenditure
Bradford B Lowell, MD, PhD
Assoc. Prof of Medicine
Beth Israel/Deaconess Med Center Harvard Medical School, RN-325, 99 Brookline Ave, Boston MA 02215
5 Neuroendocrine Integration of Body Weight Regulation
Matthias Tschöp, M.D.,
Dept. of Pharmacology, German Institute of Human Nutrition, Potsdam-Rehbrücke, Germany
Tamas L. Horvath, DVM, Ph.D. Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Neurobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven CT, USA
6 Lessons from Models of Monogenic and Polygenic Obesity in Rodents
Rudolph L. Leibel, MD.
Columbia University
Julie E. McMinn, PhD, RD
7 Environmental Contributions to Obesity
James O Hill
Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine
Center for Human Nutrition, 4200 E 9th Ave, C225 University of Colorado Denver, CO 80262
7.1 Non-exercise Activity Thermogenesis Dr. J. A.  Levine, Professor of Medicine, Richard Emslander Professor of Nutrition & Metabolism, Endocrine Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN  5590, USA,
8 The Genetics of Obesity in Humans
Prof.Stephen O'Rahilly
Professor of Metabolic Medicine, University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge, Department of Medicine, Box 157 Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 2QR, UK
8co The Genetics of Obesity in Humans
I. Sadaf Farooqi, MD
Research Fellow, Adenbrookes Hospital,
 University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK

The Obesity Syndrome: Clinical Pathophysiology

9 The Metabolic Syndrome
Gerald M Reaven Hyperlink from Diabetes
University of California
10 Dyslipidemia of Obesity
Barbara V. Howard, Ph.D.
President, MedStar Research Institute
6495 New Hampshire Avenue - Suite 201
Hyattsville, MD 20783

 

10co Giacomo Ruotolo, M.D., Ph.D, FAHA
Director, Penn Medical Laboratory
MedStar Research Institute
108 Irving Street NW
Washington, DC 20010
202-877-7352
giacomo.ruotolo@medstar.net
10co David C. Robbins, MD  Medical Advisor, Diabetes Product Team Eli Lilly & Company Lilly Corporate Center
Indianapolis, IN 46285 317-277-6475 robbins_david_c@lilly.com
10co Dick Atkinson
11 Carbohydrate Metabolism in Obesity
F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer Hyperlink to Goldfine
St. Lukes/Roosevelt Hospital
12 Endocrine Function in Human Obesity
Kenneth Burman, MD

13 Clinical Problems Caused by Obesity
Professor Peter G Kopelman
Professor of Clinical Medicine, Deputy Warden
Barts and The London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine, University of London, Turner St., London E12AD UK
14 Quality of Life in Obesity


Management and Treatment of Obesity

15b  Pharmacologic Treatment of Obesity in Adults
Louis J. Aronne*, MD, Jonathan A. Waitman** , MD, Kathy Keenan Isoldi, MS, RD, CDE

*Instructor in Medicine, Weill-Cornell University Medical College, 1165 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, ljaronne@med.cornell.edu**Clinical Professor of Medicine, Weill-Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York

16 Special Considerations for Childhood Obesity
Michael Rosenbaum
Columbia University
17 Behavioral Treatment of Obesity
Rena R Wing,PhD
Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Brown Medical School/Miriam Hosp 164 Summit Ave, Providence, RI 02906
18 Dietary Treatment of Obesity
Johanna T Dwyer, DSc, RD and
Kathleen J Melanson, PhD,RD,LD
Tufts University School of Medicine
19 Exercise Treatment of Obesity
G Lynis Dohm, PhD
Professor of Biochemistry
East Carolina University, Department of Biochemistry, Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, NC 27858
20 Surgical Treatment of obesity
Walter J Pories, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
Department of Surgery, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858
21 New Molecular Targets for the Treatment of Obesity
Syann Lee, Ph.D.

Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism,University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard,Dallas, Texas 75390-9077

21co Jeffrey M. Zigman, M.D., Ph.D 

Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism,University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard,Dallas, Texas 75390-9077

22 Prevention of Obesity
Barto Burguera, MD, PhD
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center