Sleep Loss and Obesity Intersecting Epidemics /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Shiromani, Priyattam (Editor), Horvath, Tamas (Editor), Redline, Susan (Editor), Van Cauter, Eve (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Neurosciences.; Internal medicine.; Endocrinology.; Respiratory organs > Diseases.; Neurology.; Psychiatry.; Medicine & Public Health.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.; Internal Medicine.

Sleep Loss and Obesity: Intersecting Epidemics  represents a major contribution to the field of sleep medicine.  It is a comprehensive review of the neurobiology of sleep, circadian timing and obesity, the deleterious effects of sleep loss and obesity on health. The number of individuals who are obe...

Table of Contents:

• Circadian Clock Genes and the Regulation of Sleep
• Clock Genes and Energy Metabolism
• Neural Circuitry Underlying Sleep and Waking
•  Feeding as a Reward Mechanism
• Plasticity of Brain Feeding Circuits in Response to Food
• The Neurogenetics of Energy Balance
• Short Sleep and Obesity in Children
• Circadian Misalignment and Sleep Disruption in Shift Work: Implications for Fatigue and Risk of Weight Gain and Obesity
•  Sleep Apnea and Obesity
• The Connection Between Sleep Loss and Obesity
•  Sleep Disturbances: Impact on Risk and Severity of Diabetes
• Insufficient Sleep and Cardiovascular Disease
• Clinical Guidelines for the Evaluation of Adults with Obstructive Sleep Apnea
• Pharmacological Treatment of Obesity
•  Bariatric Surgery for Treatment of Obesity.