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	Chapter Title and Author	Title and Affiliation
	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


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