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Pt. I: Prevalence, Consequences, and Etiology
of Obesity
- 1. Epidemiology and Health and Economic Consequences
of Obesity
- 2. Body Weight Regulation: Neural, Endocrine, and Autocrine
Mechanisms
- 3. Energy Metabolism and Obesity
- 4.Genetics and Common Obesities: Background, Current Status,
Strategies, and Future Prospects
- 5. Confronting the Toxic Environment: Environmental Public Health
Actions in a World Crisis
- 6. Binge-Eating Disorder and Night-Eating Syndrome
Pt. II: Health Consequences of Weight Reduction
- 7. The Relationship of Intentional Weight
Loss to Disease Incidence and Mortality
- 8. Psychosocial Consequences of Obesity and Weight Loss
Pt. III: Assessment of the Obese Adult
- 9. Medical Evaluation of the Obese Patient
- 10. Behavioral Assessment of the Obese Patient
Pt. IV: Treatment of Adult Obesity
- 11. The Treatment of Obesity: An Overview
- 12. Popular Diets for Treatment of Overweight and Obesity
- 13. Exercise and Weight Management
- 14. Behavioral Weight Control
- 15. Drug Treatment of Obesity
- 16. Surgical Treatment of Obesity
- 17. Improving the Maintenance of Weight Lost in Behavioral Treatment
of Obesity
Pt. V: Treatment of Adult Obesity: Additional
Approaches and Resources
- 18. Treatment of Obesity in the Primary Care
Setting
- 19. Commercial and Self-Help Weight Loss Programs
- 20. Obesity Treatment in Minorities
- 21. Obesity and Body Image Disturbance
- 22. Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Obesity
- 23. Obesity, Weight Management, and Self-Esteem
- 24. Nondieting Approaches: Principles, Practices, and Evidence
Pt. VI: Childhood Obesity and Obesity Prevention
- 25. Development of Childhood Obesity
- 26. Treatment of Pediatric Obesity
- 27. Prevention of Obesity
Author Index
Subject Index
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