Practical Manual of Clinical Obesity
by Kushner, Robert; Lawrence, Victor; Kumar, SudheshEdition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2013-05-28
Publisher(s): Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary
This accessible guide to obesity and its clinical management provides clear, didactic, clinically focused guidance for all healthcare professionals involved in the treatment and management of patients with obesity, thus acting as a repository of essential practical knowledge. It is an ideal practical guide for registrars and residents in endocrinology and metabolic disease, as well as all other health professionals who regularly manage obese patients, such as specialist obesity and diabetes nurses, dietitians, and general practitioners with an interest in obesity management.
Author Biography
Robert Kushner, Professor of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg
School of Medicine, Chicago, USA
Victor Lawrence, Consultant Physician, Endocrinology and Diabetes,
St Mary’s Hospital, Newport, Isle of Wight, UK
Sudhesh Kumar, Professor of Medicine, Warwick Medical School,
University of Warwick, UK
Table of Contents
Section 1: The Biology of Obesity- Why it occurs
1 Energy Balance and Body Weight Homeostasis
2 The genetic basis of obesity
3 Adipocyte Biology
4 Fetal and Infant Origins of Obesity
5 Metabolic Fuels and Obesity
Section 2: Clinical Management of the Obese Individual
6 Practical Guide to clinical assessment and treatment planning
7 Patterns, risks and benefits of weight loss
8 Dietary management
9 Physical activity and exercise
10 Behavioral therapy
11 Pharmacotherapy
12 Surgical treatments
Section 3: Clinical management of obesity related co-morbidities
13 Diabetes and metabolic diseases
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14 Obesity and reproductive health
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15 Gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary disease in obesity
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16 Respiratory complications of obesity
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17 Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease
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18 Obesity: mental health and social consequences
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19 Obesity and musculoskeletal disease
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20 The obese patient in hospital
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Index
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