Overweight and the Metabolic Syndrome From Bench to Bedside /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Bray, George A. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Ryan, Donna H. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2006.
• Σειρά: Endocrine Updates, 26
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Diabetes.; Endocrinology.; Metabolic diseases.; Medical biochemistry.; Medicine & Public Health.; Metabolic Diseases.; Medical Biochemistry.

This volume examines the problem of the overweight individual and the metabolic syndrome from the laboratory bench to the bedside. Clearly, translating the findings we make in the laboratory to the betterment of humankind is an important mission. Areas where basic science is making important contrib...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Neuroendocrine Control of Food Intake
• Body Composition Assessment of Obesity
• Prevalence of Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome
• The Genetic Contribution to Obesity
• Etiology of Obesity: The Problem of Maintaining Energy Balance
• Current Views of the Fat Cell as an Endocrine Cell: Lipotoxicity
• Ectopic Fat and the Metabolic Syndrome
• Abdominal Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome
• The Problems of Childhood Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome
• Evaluation of the Overweight and Obese Patient
• Dietary Approaches to Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome
• Exercise as an Approach to Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome
• Behavioral Strategies for Controlling Obesity
• Obesity Prevention
• Orlistat and Sibutramine in the Management of Obesity
• A Status of Drugs on the Horizon for Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome—a Comprehensive Review 2005
• Surgical Treatment of the Overweight Patient.