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List of Contributors
Introduction
1 Epidemiology: Definition and Classification of Obesity
2 Measuring Body Composition: from the Laboratory to the Clinic
3 Energy Balance and Animal Models of Obesity
4 Molecular Genetics of Obesity
5 Food Intake and Eating Behaviour in Humans
6 Energy Expenditure in Humans: the Influence of Activity, Diet
and the Sympathetic Nervous System
7 Substrate Fluxes in Skeletal Muscle and White Adipose Tissue
and their Importance in the Development of Obesity
8 Effects of Obesity on Fat Topography: Metabolic and Endocrine
Determinants
9 Obesity and Lipoprotein Metabolism
10 Effects of Obesity on Cardiovascular System and Blood Pressure
Control, Digestive Disease and Cancer
11 Obesity, Infertility, Contraception and Pregnancy
12 Pulmonary Function, Sleep Apnoea and Obesity
13 Obesity in Childhood
14 Diabetes and Obesity
15 Clinical Assessment, Investigation and Principles of Management:
Realistic Weight Goals
16 Dietary Treatment of Obesity
17 Cognitive-Behavioural Treatment of Obesity
18 Exercise and Obesity
19 Drug Treatment of Obesity: General Principles and Current Therapies
20 Strategies for Discovering Drugs to Treat Obesity
21 Surgical Treatment of Obesity
22 Benefits and Risks of Weight Loss: Obesity and Weight Cycling
23 Public Health Strategies and the Economic Costs of Obesity
Index
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