Obesity

1 Definitions, Classification, and Epidemiology of Obesity	Jonathan Q. Purnell, MD
PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF WEIGHT REGULATION
2 Neuroendocrine Integration of Body Weight Regulation	Juliane Kampe, M.D., Matthias Tschöp, M.D., Tamas L. Horvath, DVM, Ph.D and Petra Widmer, PhD.
3 Lessons From Rodent Models of Obesity	Martin G Myers, Jr. MD, PhD and Rudolph L. Leibel, M.D.
4 The Genetics of Obesity in Humans	I. Sadaf Farooqi, M.D. PhD. and Stephen O'Rahilly, M.D.
5 The Regulation of Food Intake in Humans	Mark Hopkins, John Blundell, Jason Halford, Neil King and Graham Finlayson
6 Control of Energy Expenditure in Humans	Klaas R Westerterp
7 The Role of Non-exercise Activity Thermogenesis in Human Obesity	Christian von Loeffelholz, M.D. and Andreas Birkenfeld
8 Regulation of Body Weight in Humans	Nicholas T. Broskey, PhD, Darcy Johannsen, PhD. and Leanne Redman, PhD.
9 Environmental Factors Influencing Obesity	Bonnie J. Brehm, PhD and David A. D'Alessio, MD
10 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
11 Drugs that Affect Body Weight, Body Fat Distribution, and Metabolism	Ann A. Verhaegen, MD
12 Clinical Problems Caused by Obesity	Ioannis Kyrou, M.D., PhD, Harpal S. Randeva, MD, PhD, FRCP, Constantine Tsigos, MD, PHD, Gregory Kaltsas, MD, PHD, FRCP and Martin O. Weickert, MD, FRCP
13 Endocrine Changes in Obesity	Sharleen Sidhu, MD, Tanvi Parikh, MD, and Kenneth D. Burman, M.D.
14 Obesity and Dyslipidemia	Kenneth Feingold, MD and Carl Grunfeld, MD, PhD
15 Metabolic Syndrome	David W. Lam and Derek LeRoith, M.D., PhD.
16 Lipodystrophy Syndromes: Presentation and Treatment	Baris Akinci, Melis Sahinoz and Elif Oral
TREATMENT OF THE OVERWEIGHT AND OBESE
17 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
18 Exercise Treatment of Obesity	Loretta DiPietro, MPH, PhD. and Nina S. Stachenfeld, PhD.
19 Behavioral Approaches to Obesity Management	Naji Alamuddin MB, BCh, MS, Diplomate ABOM, Jena Shaw Tronieri, PhD and Thomas Wadden, PhD
20 Pharmacologic Treatment of Obesity	Rekha B. Kumar, MD, MS and Louis J. Aronne, M.D.
21 New Molecular Targets for the Pharmacotherapy of Obesity	Lois Konstantinos, Miltiadis Karavis, George Mastorakos, M.D., DSc and Georgios Valsamakis
22 Surgical Treatment of Obesity	Paul O'Brien, MD, FRACS
23 Medical Management of the Postoperative Bariatric Surgery Patient	Tiffany Y. Kim, MD, Sarah Kim and Anne L. Schafer, M.D.
24 Special Considerations Relative to Pediatric Obesity	Michael Rosenbaum, M.D.
25 Prevention of Obesity	George A. Bray, M.D., MACP, MACE