The metabolic syndrome and obesity /

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Bray, George A.
Imprint:	Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, c2007.
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 303 p.) : ill.
Language:	English
Subject:	Obesity. Metabolic syndrome. Obesity. Metabolic Syndrome X. Metabolic syndrome. Obesity.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8885078

Hidden Bibliographic Details
ISBN:	9781597454315 1597454311
Notes:	Errata slip inserted. Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record.
Other form:	Print version: Bray, George A. Metabolic syndrome and obesity. Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, c2007 1588298027 9781588298027

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Part I. The Problem
1. Definitions and Prevalence
2. How Do We Get Fat?: An Epidemiological and Metabolic Approach
3. Costs, Pathology, and Health Risks of Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome
4. Natural History of Obesity: Differential Diagnosis, Clinical Types, and Age-Related Changes
Part II. The Solutions
5. Evaluation, Prevention, and Introduction to Treatment
6. Diet
7. Behavior Modification
8. Physical Activity and Exercise in the Obese
9. Pharmacological Treatment of the Overweight Patient
10. Should We Treat the Metabolic Syndrome or Its Components?
11. Surgical Treatment for the Overweight Patient
Index

Similar Items