Adipose Tissue: Physiology to Metabolic Dysfunction
Allison J. Richard, PhD, Ursula White, PhD, Carrie M. Elks, PhD, RD, Jacqueline M. Stephens, PhD
Neuroendocrine Control of Body Energy Homeostasis
Alison H Affinati, , MD, PhD, Martin G. Myers, Jr. MD, PhD
Endocrinology of The Gut and the Regulation of Body Weight and Metabolism
Andrea Pucci, Rachel L. Batterham
Genetic Obesity Syndromes
I. Sadaf Farooqi, MD PhD
The Control of Food Intake in Humans
Mark Hopkins, Kristine Beaulieu, Catherine Gibbons, Jason Halford, John Blundell, James Stubbs, Graham Finlayson
Control of Energy Expenditure in Humans
Klaas R Westerterp
Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis in Human Energy Homeostasis
Christian von Loeffelholz, MD, Andreas L. Birkenfeld, MD
Body Weight Regulation
Emily K. Woolf, PhD, Hannah E. Cabre, PhD, RDN, Alex N. Niclou, PhD, Leanne M. Redman, PhD

Social and Environmental Factors Influencing Obesity
Alexandra Lee, BS, Michelle I. Cardel,, PhD, MS, RD, William T. Donahoo, MD

CLINICAL ASPECTS

Molecular links between Obesity and Diabetes: “Diabesity”
Alexandra Chadt, Ph.D., Stephan Scherneck, Ph.D., Hans-Georg Joost, M.D., Ph.D, Hadi Al-Hasani, Ph.D.
Use of the Historial Weight Trajectory to Guide an Obesity-Focused Patient Encounter
Gitanjali Srivastava, MD, Robert F. Kushner, MD, Caroline Apovian
Drugs that Affect Body Weight, Body Fat Distribution, and Metabolism
Ann A. Verhaegen, MD, Luc F. Van Gaal, MD, PhD
Clinical Problems Caused by Obesity
Ioannis Kyrou, M.D., PhD, M.Ed., FHEA, Harpal S. Randeva, MD, PhD, FRCP, Constantine Tsigos, MD, PHD, Gregory A. Kaltsas, MD, FRCP, Martin O. Weickert, MD, FRCP
Endocrine Changes In Obesity
Dorina Ylli, MD, PhD, Sharleen Sidhu, MD, MPH, FACE, Tanvi Parikh, MD, Kenneth D. Burman, MD
Obesity and Dyslipidemia
Kenneth R. Feingold, MD
Metabolic Syndrome
David W. Lam, MD, Derek LeRoith, M.D., PhD.
Thin Fat Obesity: The Tropical Phenotype of Obesity
Nitin Kapoor, MD, DM, PhD
Lipodystrophy Syndromes: Presentation and Treatment
Baris Akinci, Merve Celik Guler, Elif A. Oral
Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Diseases: Dercum Disease, Lipedema, Familial Multiple Lipomatosis and Madelung Disease
Karen Louise Herbst, PhD, MD

TREATMENT OF THE OVERWEIGHT AND OBESE

Dietary Treatment of Obesity
Johanna T Dwyer, DSc, RD, Kathleen J Melanson, PhD, RD, LD, Utchima Sriprachy-anunt MS, RD, Paige Cross, Madelyn Wilson
Exercise Treatment of Obesity
Tori Stone, PhD, Loretta DiPietro, PhD, MPH, Nina S. Stachenfeld, PhD
Behavioral Approaches to Obesity Management
Jena Shaw Tronieri, PhD, Naji Alamuddin MB, BCh, MS, Diplomate ABOM, Thomas Wadden, PhD
An Historical Review of Steps and Missteps in the Discovery of Anti-Obesity Drugs
George A. Bray, MD, MACP, MACE, Jonathan Q. Purnell, MD
Pharmacologic Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults
Beverly G. Tchang, MD, Mohini Aras, MD, Rekha B. Kumar, MD, MS, Louis J. Aronne, M.D.
Existing and Emerging Molecular Targets for The Pharmacotherapy of Obesity
Spyridoula Glykofrydi, Alexander Kokkinos, Thomas M Barber, M.D., George Mastorakos, M.D., DSc, Georgios Valsamakis
Surgical Treatment of Obesity
Paul O'Brien, MD, FRACS
Adolescent Bariatric Surgery
Sarah Ogle, DO, Nicholas Schmoke, MD, Thomas Inge, MD, PhD
Medical Management of the Postoperative Bariatric Surgery Patient
Tiffany Y. Kim, MD, Sarah Kim, MD, Anne L. Schafer, MD
Special Considerations Relevant to Pediatric Obesity
Michael Rosenbaum, MD, Vidhu Thaker, MD
Prevention of Obesity
George A. Bray, MD, MACP, MACE