Obesity

1 Definitions, Classification, and Epidemiology of Obesity	Jonathan Q. Purnell, MD
PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF WEIGHT REGULATION
2 Adipose Tissue: Physiology to Metabolic Dysfunction	Allison J. Richard, PhD, Ursula White, PhD, Carrie M. Elks, PhD, RD and Jacqueline M. Stephens, PhD
3 Neuroendocrine Control of Body Energy Homeostasis	Alison H Affinati, , MD, PhD and Martin G. Myers, Jr. MD, PhD
4 Endocrinology of The Gut and the Regulation of Body Weight and Metabolism	Andrea Pucci and Rachel L. Batterham
5 The Genetics of Obesity in Humans	I. Sadaf Farooqi, M.D. PhD. and Stephen O'Rahilly, M.D.
6 The Regulation of Food Intake in Humans	Mark Hopkins, John Blundell, Jason Halford, Neil King and Graham Finlayson
7 Control of Energy Expenditure in Humans	Klaas R Westerterp
8 The Role of Non-exercise Activity Thermogenesis in Human Obesity	Christian von Loeffelholz, M.D. and Andreas Birkenfeld
9 Regulation of Body Weight in Humans	Nicholas T. Broskey, PhD, Darcy Johannsen, PhD. and Leanne Redman, PhD.
10 Social and Environmental Factors Influencing Obesity	Alexandra Lee, BS, Michelle I. Cardel,, PhD, MS, RD and William T. Donahoo, MD
11 Molecular links between Obesity and Diabetes: “Diabesity”	Alexandra Chadt, Ph.D., Stephan Scherneck, Ph.D., Hans-Georg Joost, M.D., Ph.D and Hadi Al-Hasani, Ph.D.
CLINICAL ASPECTS
12 Use of the Historial Weight Trajectory to Guide an Obesity-Focused Patient Encounter	Gitanjali Srivastava, MD, Robert F. Kushner, MD and Caroline Apovian
13 Drugs that Affect Body Weight, Body Fat Distribution, and Metabolism	Ann A. Verhaegen, MD and Luc F. Van Gaal, MD, PhD
14 Clinical Problems Caused by Obesity	Ioannis Kyrou, M.D., PhD, M.Ed., FHEA, Harpal S. Randeva, MD, PhD, FRCP, Constantine Tsigos, MD, PHD, Gregory Kaltsas, MD, PHD, FRCP and Martin O. Weickert, MD, FRCP
15 Endocrine Changes in Obesity	Sharleen Sidhu, MD, Tanvi Parikh, MD, and Kenneth D. Burman, M.D.
16 Obesity and Dyslipidemia	Kenneth R. Feingold, MD
17 Metabolic Syndrome	David W. Lam and Derek LeRoith, M.D., PhD.
18 Thin Fat Obesity: The Tropical Phenotype of Obesity	Nitin Kapoor, MBBS, MD, DM(Endocrine), Post doc fellowship(Endocrine)
19 Lipodystrophy Syndromes: Presentation and Treatment	Baris Akinci, Melis Sahinoz and Elif Oral
20 Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Diseases: Dercum Disease, Lipedema, Familial Multiple Lipomatosis and Madelung Disease	Karen Louise Herbst, PhD, MD
TREATMENT OF THE OVERWEIGHT AND OBESE
21 Dietary Treatment of Obesity	Johanna T Dwyer, DSc, RD, Kathleen J Melanson, PhD, RD, LD, Utchima Sriprachy-anunt MS, RD, Paige Cross and Madelyn Wilson
22 Exercise Treatment of Obesity	Tori Stone, PhD, Loretta DiPietro, PhD, MPH and Nina S. Stachenfeld, PhD
23 Behavioral Approaches to Obesity Management	Naji Alamuddin MB, BCh, MS, Diplomate ABOM, Jena Shaw Tronieri, PhD and Thomas Wadden, PhD
24 Pharmacologic Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults	Beverly G. Tchang, MD, Rekha B. Kumar, MD, MS and Louis J. Aronne, M.D.
25 Existing and Emerging Molecular Targets for The Pharmacotherapy of Obesity	Spyridoula Glykofrydi, Alexander Kokkinos, Thomas M Barber, M.D., George Mastorakos, M.D., DSc and Georgios Valsamakis
26 Surgical Treatment of Obesity	Paul O'Brien, MD, FRACS
27 Medical Management of the Postoperative Bariatric Surgery Patient	Tiffany Y. Kim, MD, Sarah Kim and Anne L. Schafer, M.D.
28 Special Considerations Relative to Pediatric Obesity	Michael Rosenbaum, M.D.
29 Prevention of Obesity	George A. Bray, M.D., MACP, MACE