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Obesity - Prevention and Treatment (Hardcover)
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Obesity - Prevention and Treatment (Hardcover)
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The prevalence of obesity in the United States and the rest of the
industrialized world has skyrocketed in the past 20 years. Linked
to heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, and metabolic syndrome,
it is also the leading cause of osteoarthritis and the second
leading cause of cancer. With contributions from leading experts in
the field, Obesity: Prevention and Treatment bridges the gap
between emerging understanding of the pathophysiology of obesity
with concrete clinical applications for physicians and other
healthcare workers in all disciplines of medicine. Following an
overview of issues related to the prevention and management of
obesity, the book discusses: Energy balance, the metabolic
predictors of weight gain, and the role of adipokines, genetics,
and the environment on obesity The epidemiology of obesity The
identification and evaluation of the overweight patient as a guide
to the selection of treatment Nutritional aspects of obesity
treatment and management Exercise risks to which the obese patient
may be more prone and steps that can be taken to mitigate these
risks Behavior modification strategies for the obese patient The
definition, assessment, consequences, and treatment of childhood
obesity Drugs and surgical options for treatment The implications
of public policy on the problem of obesity The significance of
intra-abdominal and ectopic fat deposition in endocrine aspects of
obesity Currently, over two thirds of the adult population in the
United States is either overweight or obese. With these grim
statistics, it is critically important that clinicians from all
branches of medicine play an active role in diagnosing and treating
obesity and its related conditions. This volume arms clinicians
with the information they need to create an appropriate prevention
and treatment program for their patients.
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