Handbook of Obesity is a celebration of this research and can take its place alongside the standard textbooks on diabetes and other metabolic diseases.

Its 88 authors constitute a pantheon of obesity research, and it would be hard to find a topic that they have not covered, usually very well.

Handbook of Obesity is the premier reference for physicians and researchers in the field of obesity.

Contents

I. Evaluation of the Overweight or Obese Patient

1. Classification and Evaluation of the Overweight Patient
2. Waist Girth: A Critical Evaluation of Usefulness
3. Cultural Differences as Influences on Approaches to Obesity Treatment
4. Bias, Discrimination, and Obesity
5. Impact of Voluntary Weight Loss on Morbidity and Mortality
6. Weight Cycling as an Instance of False Hope
7. Obesity and the Primary Care Physician

II. Prevention of Obesity

8. The Prevention of Obesity in Childhood and Adolescence
9. Prevention of Obesity
10. Analyzing and Influencing Obesogenic Environments
11. Reengineering the Built Environment: Schools, Worksites, Neighborhoods, and Parks
12. Agriculture and the Food Industry's Role in America's Weight Pandemic

III. Medical Management of Obesity

13. Behavioral Approaches to the Treatment of Obesity
14. Preventing Weight Regain After Weight Loss
15. Exercise and Weight Management
16. Sibutramine in the Management of Obesity
17. Drugs That Modify Fat Absorption and Alter Metabolism
18. Cannabinoid Receptor Antagonists as Potential Antiobesit Agents
19. Integrated Neurohormonal Approach to the Treatment of Obesity: The Amylin Agonist Pramlintide and Its Interactions with Leptin and PYY Signaling Pathways
20. Neuropeptide Y in the Management of Obesity
21. Serotonin Receptor Modulation in the Treatment of Obesity
22. Melanocortin-4 Receptor as a New Target for Drug Development
23. Histamine H₃ Receptor Antagonists in the Treatment of Obesity
24. Drugs with Thermagenic Properties
25. Strategies to Reduce Calories of Food
26. Herbal and Alternative Approaches to Obesity
27. Is There a Future for Gene Therapy in Obesity?
28. Prevention and Management of Dyslipidemia and the Metabolic Syndrome in the Obese Patients

IV. Surgery

29. Surgical Treatment and Comorbidities
30. Swedish Obese Subjects: A Review of Results from a Prospective Controlled Intervention Trial
31. Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding
32. Evolving Surgical Therapy for Obesity
33. Liposuction and Obesity

V. Speical Issues

34. Obesity and Binge Eating Disorder
35. Special Issues in Treatment of Pediatric Obesity
36. Weight Loss Clinics: Range of Capabilities, Benefits, Risks, and Costs
37. Economic Aspects of Obesity
38. Government's Evolving Role: Nutrition, Education, Regulation, Monitoring, and Research

Index

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