دانلود کتاب Overweight and the Metabolic Syndrome:: From Bench to Bedside (Endocrine Updates)

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Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Neuroendocrine Control of Food Intake....Pages 1-21
Body Composition Assessment of Obesity....Pages 23-35
Prevalence of Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome....Pages 37-53
The Genetic Contribution to Obesity....Pages 55-81
Etiology of Obesity: The Problem of Maintaining Energy Balance....Pages 83-103
Current Views of the Fat Cell as an Endocrine Cell: Lipotoxicity....Pages 105-123
Ectopic Fat and the Metabolic Syndrome....Pages 125-136
Abdominal Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome....Pages 137-152
The Problems of Childhood Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome....Pages 153-168
Evaluation of the Overweight and Obese Patient....Pages 169-186
Dietary Approaches to Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome....Pages 187-210
Exercise as an Approach to Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome....Pages 211-218
Behavioral Strategies for Controlling Obesity....Pages 219-232
Obesity Prevention....Pages 233-253
Orlistat and Sibutramine in the Management of Obesity....Pages 255-279
A Status of Drugs on the Horizon for Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome—a Comprehensive Review 2005....Pages 281-306
Surgical Treatment of the Overweight Patient....Pages 307-327
Back Matter....Pages 329-335