Overweight and the Metabolic Syndrome examines the problem of the overweight individual and the metabolic syndrome from the laboratory bench to the beside.

Contents

1. Neuroendocrine Control of Food Intake
2. Body Composition Assessment of Obesity
3. Prevalence of Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome
4. The Genetic Contribution to Obesity
5. Etiology of Obesity: The Problem of Maintaining Energy Balance
6. Current Views of the Fat Cells as an Endocrine Cell: Lipotoxicity
7. Ectopic Fat and the Metabolic Syndrome
8. Abdominal Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome
9. The Problems of Childhood Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome
10. Evaluation of the Overweight and Obese Patient
11. Dietary Approaches to Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome
12. Exercise as an Approach to Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome
13. Behavioral Strategies for Controlling Obesity
14. Obesity Prevention
15. Orlistat and Sibutramine in the Management of Obesity
16. A Status of Drugs on the Horizon for Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome - a Comprehensive Review 2005
17. Surgical Treatment of the Overweight Patient

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