Clinical Obesity in Adults and Children (Hardcover, 3rd Edition)

List of Contributors v

Preface viii

List of Abbreviations ix

Part 1 Obesity 1

1 Epidemiology: Definition and Classification of Obesity 3
Tommy L.S. Visscher Marieke B. Snijder and Jacob C. Seidell

2 Measuring Body Composition in Adults and Children 15
K. Ashlee McGuire and Robert Ross

3 Stigma and Social Consequences of Obesity 25
Rebecca M. Puhl Chelsea A. Heuer and Kelly D. Brownell

4 Obesity and Culture 41
Pippa Craig

5 Obesity and Gender 58
Berit L. Heitmann

Part 2 Biology of Obesity 65

6 Energy Balance and Body Weight Homeostasis 67
Abdul G. Dulloo

7 Genes and Obesity 82
I. Sadaf Farooqi

8 Fetal and Infant Origins of Obesity 92
Matthew W. Gillman

9 Adipocyte Biology 103
Paul Trayhurn

10 Metabolic Fuels and Obesity 115
Simon W. Coppack

11 Eating Behavior 134
John E. Blundell Graham Finlayson and Jason C.G. Halford

12 Energy Expenditure in Humans: The Influence of Activity Diet and the Sympathetic Nervous System 151
Jose Lara Moira A. Taylor and Ian A. Macdonald

Part 3 Obesity and Disease 165

13 Obesity and Dyslipidemia: Importance of Body Fat Distribution 167
André Tchernof and Jean-Pierre Després

14 Obesity Insulin Resistance and Gut Hormones 187
Joseph Proietto

15 Obesity as an Endocrine Disease 200
Yuji Matsuzawa

16 Metabolic Syndrome Diabetes and Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis 208
Ioannis Kyrou John Willy Haukeland Neeraj Bhala and Sudhesh Kumar

17 Cardiovascular Consequences of Obesity 228
Ian Wilcox

18 Adult Obesity: Fertility 240
Renato Pasquali Alessandra Gambineri Valentina Vicennati and Uberto Pagotto

19 Obstructive Sleep Apnea 246
Brendon J. Yee and Ronald R. Grunstein

Part 4 Management of Adult Obesity 265

20 An Overview of Obesity Management 267
Peter G. Kopelman and Ian D. Caterson

21 Dietary Management of Obesity: Eating Plans 275
Janet Franklin

22 Behavioral Treatment of Obesity 301
Vicki L. Clark Divya Pamnani and Thomas A. Wadden

23 Exercise Physical Activity and Obesity 313
Marleen A. van Baak

24 Drugs Used Clinically to Reduce Body Weight 327
George A. Bray

25 The Management of Obesity: Surgery 339
Paul E. O’Brien and John B. Dixon

26 Weight Loss Maintenance and Weight Cycling 351
Kristina Elfhag and Stephan Rössner

27 Education and Training of Healthcare Professionals 366
Peter G. Kopelman

Part 5 Childhood Obesity 373

28 Childhood Obesity: Definition Classifi cation and Assessment 375
Aviva Must and Sarah E. Anderson

29 Childhood Obesity: Consequences and Complications 392
Kate Steinbeck

30 The Treatment of Childhood and Adolescent Obesity 408
William H. Dietz

Part 6 Environmental Policy Approaches 423

31 Obesity: Global Pandemic 425
Shiriki K. Kumanyika Neville Rigby Tim Lobstein Rachel Jackson Leach and W. Philip T. James

32 Obesity and the Environment 440
Andy Jones and Graham Bentham

33 Obesity: Using the Ecologic Public Health Approach to Overcome Policy Cacophony 452
Geof Rayner and Tim Lang

34 A Comprehensive Approach to Obesity Prevention 471
Boyd Swinburn and A. Colin Bell

Index 487