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| Chapter Title | Authors | |
| Introduction HEALTH IMPLICATIONS OF OBESITY |
Jose F Caro,MD |
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| Definitions and Classification of Obesity |
Jose F Caro,MD | |
| The Disease Burden Associated with Obesity |
Aviva Must,MD and Nichola M Mc Keown, MD | |
| The Regulation of Body Weight in Humans | Leane Redman, PhD , Darcy Johannsen, PhD and Eric Ravussin, PhD |
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| Regulation of Energy Intake in Humans |
Andrea l Tracy, PhD and Stephen C Benoit, hD |
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| Regulation of Food Intake in Humans | Graham Finlayson, Jason Halford Neil King and John Blundell | |
| Regulation of Energy Expenditure in Humans |
John Speakman | |
| Neuroendocrine Integration of Body Weight
Regulation |
Matthias Tscho, MD andTamas L Horvath, DVM | |
| Lessons from Models of Monogenic and Polygenic Obesity in
Rodents |
Julie E McMinn, PhD and Rudolph L. Leibel, MD. | |
| The Genetics of Obesity in Humans |
Prof.Stephen O'Rahilly I Sadaf Farooqi, MD | |
| Environmental Contributions to Obesity |
James O Hill and William T Donahoo | |
| Non-exercise Activity Thermogenesis | Dr. J. A. Levine, | |
| HEALTH IMPLICATIONS OF OBESITY | ||
| Clinical Problems caused by Obesity | Ioannis Kyrou and Martin O Weickert | |
| Special Considerations for Childhood Obesity |
arsha D Marcus, PhDMichael Rosenbaum | |
| THE OBESITY SYNDROME; CLINICAL PATHOPHYSIOLOGY | ||
| Dyslipidemia of Obesity |
Giacomo Ruotolo, M.D., Ph.D, FAHA, Barbara V. Howard, Ph.D. AND David C. Robbins, MD |
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| Endocrine Function in Obesity | Yasser Ousman, MD and Kenneth D burman, MD | |
| The Metabolic Syndrome |
Gerald M Reaven |
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| PREVENTION OF OBESITY | ||
| Prevention of Obesity |
Barto Burguera, MD, PhD |
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| TREATMENT OF OBESITY | ||
| Pharmacologic Treatment of Obesity in Adults |
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| 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 |
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| Dietary Treatment of Obesity |
Johanna T Dwyer, DSc, RD and Kathleen J Melanson, PhD,RD,LD, and Lisa N Faucon, MS, RD |
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| Exercise Treatment of Obesity |
oretta DiPietro, MPH, PhD and Nina S Stachenfeld, PhD | |
| Surgical Treatment of obesity |
Walter J Pories, MD, FACS | |
| New Molecular Targets for the Treatment of Obesity |
Syann Lee, Ph.D.and Jeffrey M. Zigman, M.D., Ph.D |
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