Table of contents
Contributors
Preface
Abbreviations
Part 1: Obesity
1 Obesity – Introduction: History and the scale of the problem worldwide
W. Philip T James and Tim Gill
2 The Epidemiology and Social Determinants of Obesity
Lindsay M. Jaacks and Mariachiara Di Cesare
Part 2: Causes of Obesity
3. Fetal and infant origins of obesity
Emily Oken and Susan E. Ozanne
4 Genes and Obesity
I. Sadaf Farooqi
5 Bias, Stigma, and Social Consequences of Obesity
Rebecca L. Pearl and Christina M. Hopkins
6 Ecology, protein leverage and public health
David Raubenheimer and Stephen J. Simpson
7 The Living Environment and Physical Activity
Jean-Michel Oppert and Hélène Charreire
8 Psychobiology of obesity: Eating behaviour and appetite control
Michelle Dalton, Nicola Buckland, John Blundell
9 Energy balance and body weight homeostasis
Yann Ravussin and Abdul G Dulloo
Part 3: Obesity as a Disease
10 Obesity, ectopic fat and type 2 diabetes
Ann Verhaegen and Luc F. Van Gaal
11 Obesity and dyslipidemia, importance of body fat distribution
Fredrik Karpe
12 Obesity and Fertility
Arianne N Sweeting
13 Metabolic Syndrome and Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Fatty Liver Disease
Bo Kyoung Koo and Soo Lim
14 Cardiovascular Consequences
Naveed Sattar
15 Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
Henry W Ainge-Allen, Brendon J Yee, Ronald R Grunstein
16 Obesity and Cancer
Michael R. Skilton
Part 4: Management of Adult Obesity
17 A practical approach to contemporary obesity management
Ian D Caterson, Arianne N Sweeting and Peter G Kopelman
18 Dietary Management of Obesity: Eating Plans
Janet Franklin and Kyra Sim
19 The Behavioral Treatment of Obesity
Ariana M. Chao, Kerry M. Quigley and Thomas A. Wadden
20 Role of Exercise and Physical Activity in promoting weight loss and weight loss maintenance
Daniel J Cuthbertson, Laurence J Dobbie
21 Adjunctive therapy, including pharmacotherapy
Dalal Al-Bazz and John PH Wilding
22 The Management of Obesity: Surgery
Wendy A. Brown and David Martin
23 Weight loss maintenance and weight cycling
Catherine Hankey
24 Training and Medical Systems for Obesity Care
William H Dietz
Part 5: Childhood Obesity
25 The Prevention of Childhood Obesity
William H. Dietz and Louise A. Baur
26 Consequences of childhood and adolescent obesity: the need for a broad approach.
Yvonne Anderson and Chu Shan Elaine Chew
27 The Treatment of Childhood and Adolescent Obesity
Sarah Armstrong and Nathalie Farpour-Lambert
Part 6: Policy Approaches
28 Policy approaches to obesity prevention
Tim Lobstein
29 The double burden of malnutrition
Li Kheng Chai, Jenna Hollis, Clare Collins, Alessandro Demaio
30 Taxes, subsidies, and policies
Simon Barquera, Lesly Véjar, Mariel White, Mishel Unar
31 The Global Syndemic of obesity, undernutrition and climate change
Boyd Swinburn, Peter Hovmand, Wilma Waterlander, Steve Allender
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About the Author
Peter G. Kopelman MD, DSc, FRCP, FFPH
Professor of Medicine
University of London
London, UK
Ian D. Caterson AM, MBBS, BSc(med), PhD, FRACP
Director, Boden Collaboration, Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney
Director, Charles Perkins Centre Royal Prince Alfred Clinic
Boden Professor of Human Nutrition, SoLES, University of Sydney
Sydney, NSW, Australia
William H. Dietz, MD, PhD
Chair, Sumner M. Redstone Global Center for Prevention and Wellness
Milken Institute School of Public Health
Washington, DC, USA
With Associate Editors
Sarah Armstrong, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Duke University
Durham, NC, USA
Arianne Sweeting
Staff Specialist Endocrinologist
Department of Endocrinology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Boden Collaboration, University of Sydney
Sydney, NSW, Australia
John Wilding DM FRCP
Professor of Medicine & Honorary Consultant Physician
Department of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine
Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences
Aintree University Hospital
Liverpool, UK