Obesity Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, and Treatment: A Multidisciplinary Approach (Hardcover)

Introduction
Population Trends and Variation in Body Mass Index from 1971 to 2008 in the Framingham Heart Study Offspring Cohort, Jason P. Block, S. V. Subramanian, Nicholas A. Christakis, and A. James O’Malley
Community Energy Balance: A Framework for Contextualizing Cultural Influences on High Risk of Obesity in Ethnic Minority Populations, Shiriki Kumanyika, Wendell C. Taylor, Sonya A. Grier, Vikki Lassiter, Kristie J. Lancaster, Christiaan B. Morssink, and Andre M. N. Renzaho
A Genome-Wide Association Study on Obesity and Obesity-Related Traits, Kai Wang, Wei-Dong Li, Clarence K. Zhang, Zuoheng Wang, Joseph T. Glessner, Struan F. A. Grant, Hongyu Zhao, Hakon Hakonarson, and R. Arlen Price
Differences between Adiposity Indicators for Predicting All-Cause Mortality in a Representative Sample of United States Non-Elderly Adults, Henry S. Kahn, Kai McKeever Bullard, Lawrence E. Barker, and Giuseppina Imperatore
A New Body Shape Index Predicts Mortality Hazard Independently of Body Mass Index , Nir Y. Krakauer and Jesse C. Krakauer
Metabolically Healthy and Unhealthy Obesity Phenotypes in the General Population: The FIN-D2D Survey, Pia Pajunen, Anna Kotronen, Eeva Korpi-Hyovalti, Sirkka Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, Heikki Oksa, Leo Niskanen, Timo Saaristo, Juha T. Saltevo, Jouko Sundvall, Mauno Vanhala, Matti Uusitupa, and Markku Peltonen
Liver and Muscle in Morbid Obesity: The Interplay of Fatty Liver and Insulin Resistance , Mariana Verdelho Machado, Duarte M. S. Ferreira, Rui E. Castro, Ana Rita Silvestre, Teresinha Evangelista, Joao Coutinho, Fatima Carepa, Adilia Costa, Cecilia M. P. Rodrigues, and Helena Cortez-Pinto
Sarcopenia Exacerbates Obesity-Associated Insulin Resistance and Dysglycemia: Findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III, Preethi Srikanthan, Andrea L. Hevener, and Arun S. Karlamangla
Prevalence of Obesity and Associated Cardiovascular Risk: The DARIOS Study, Francisco Javier Felix-Redondo, Maria Grau, Jose Miguel Baena-Diez, Irene R. Degano, Antonio Cabrera de Leon, Maria Jesus Guembe, Maria Teresa Alzamora, Tomas Vega-Alonso, Nicolas R. Robles, Honorato Ortiz, Fernando Rigo, Eduardo Mayoral-Sanchez, Maria Jose Tormo, Antonio Segura-Fragoso, and Daniel Fernandez-Berges
Obstructive Sleep Apnea Is a Predictor of Abnormal Glucose Metabolism in Chronically Sleep Deprived Obese Adults, Giovanni Cizza, Paolo Piaggi, Eliane A. Lucassen, Lilian de Jonge, Mary Walter, Megan S. Mattingly, Heather Kalish, Gyorgy Csako, and Kristina I. Rother, for the Sleep Extension Study Group
Cluster Analysis of Obesity and Asthma Phenotypes, E. Rand Sutherland, Elena Goleva, Tonya S. King, Erik Lehman, Allen D. Stevens, Leisa P. Jackson, Amanda R. Stream, John V. Fahy, and Donald Y. M. Leung
Diet, Physical Exercise and Cognitive Behavioral Training as a Combined Workplace Based Intervention to Reduce Body Weight and Increase Physical Capacity in Health Care Workers: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Jeanette R. Christensen, Anne Faber, Dorte Ekner, Kristian Overgaard, Andreas Holtermann, and Karen Søgaard
Reduction in Adiposity, β-Cell Function, Insulin Sensitivity, and Cardiovascular Risk Factors: A Prospective Study among Japanese with Obesity, Maki Goto, Akemi Morita, Atsushi Goto, Kijo Deura, Satoshi Sasaki, Naomi Aiba, Takuro Shimbo, Yasuo Terauchi, Motohiko Miyachi, Mitsuhiko Noda, and Shaw Watanabe, for the SCOP Study Group
Bariatric Surgery: The Challenges with Candidate Selection, Individualizing Treatment and Clinical Outcomes, K. J. Neff, T. Olbers, and C. W. le Roux
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