The metabolic syndrome and obesity

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The metabolic syndrome and obesity

by George A. Bray

Humana Press, c2007

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Errata slip inserted

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

  • Definitions and prevalence
  • How do we get fat?: an epidemiological and metabolic approach
  • Costs, pathology, and health risks of obesity and the metabolic syndrome
  • Natural history of obesity: differential diagnosis, clinical types, and age-related changes
  • Evaluation, prevention, and introduction to treatment
  • Diet
  • Behavior modification
  • Physical activity and exercise in the obese
  • Pharmacological treatment of the overweight patient
  • Should we treat the metabolic syndrome or its components?
  • Surgical treatment for the overweight patient

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