Handbook of Obesity Treatment, First Edition

Thomas A. Wadden, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, where he is also Director of the Weight and Eating Disorders Program. He received his AB from Brown University and his doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Wadden has published over 150 scientific papers and is the coeditor of two books. He has investigated the treatment of obesity by several methods, including behavior modification, very-low-calorie diets, exercise, pharmacotherapy, and surgery. He serves on the National Task Force for the Prevention and Treatment of Obesity and on the Council of the North American Association for the Study of Obesity. Albert J. Stunkard, MD, until his death in 2014, was Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. A pioneering obesity researcher, he was founder of the University's Center for Weight and Eating Disorders, where an endowed professorship was named for him, and a member of the Institute of Medicine and the National Academy of Sciences.

I. Prevalence, Consequences, and Etiology of Obesity
1. Epidemiology and Health and Economic Consequences of Obesity, Alison E. Field, Joaquin Barnoya, and Graham A. Colditz
2. Body Weight Regulation: Neural, Endocrine, and Autocrine Mechanisms, Streamson C. Chua, Jr., and Rudolph L. Leibel
3. Energy Metabolism and Obesity, P. A. Tataranni and Eric Ravussin
4. Genetics and Common Obesities: Background, Current Status, Strategies, and Future Prospects, R. Arlen Price
5. Confronting the Toxic Environment: Environmental Public Health Actions in a World Crisis, Katherine Battle Horgen and Kelly D. Brownell
6. Binge-Eating Disorder and Night-Eating Syndrome, Albert J. Stunkard
II. Health Consequences of Weight Reduction
7. The Relationship of Intentional Weight Loss to Disease Incidence and Mortality, Edward W. Gregg and David F. Williamson
8. Psychosocial Consequences of Obesity and Weight Loss, Thomas A. Wadden, Leslie G. Womble, Albert J. Stunkard, and Drew A. Anderson
III. Assessment of the Obese Adult
9. Medical Evaluation of the Obese Patient, Richard L. Atkinson
10. Behavioral Assessment of the Obese Patient, Thomas A. Wadden and Suzanne Phelan
IV. Treatment of Adult Obesity
11. The Treatment of Obesity: An Overview, Thomas A. Wadden and Suzette Osei
12. Popular Diets for Treatment of Overweight and Obesity, Kathleen Melanson and Johanna Dwyer
13. Exercise and Weight Management, Steven N. Blair and Elizabeth A. Leermakers
14. Behavioral Weight Control, Rena R. Wing
15. Drug Treatment of Obesity, George A. Bray
16. Surgical Treatment of Obesity, Rifat Latifi, John M. Kellum, Eric J. De Maria, and Harvey J. Sugerman
17. Improving the Maintenance of Weight Lost in Behavioral Treatment of Obesity, Michael G. Perri and Joyce A. Corsica
V. Treatment of Adult Obesity: Additional Approaches and Resources
18. Treatment of Obesity in the Primary Care Setting, Louis J. Aronne
19. Commercial and Self-Help Weight Loss Programs, Leslie G. Womble, Shirley S. Wang, and Thomas A. Wadden
20. Obesity Treatment in Minorities, Shiriki K. Kumanyika
21. Obesity and Body Image Disturbance, David B. Sarwer and J. Kevin Thompson
22. Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Obesity, Zafra Cooper and Christopher G. Fairburn
23. Obesity, Weight Management, and Self-Esteem, Carol Johnson
24. Nondieting Approaches: Principles, Practices, and Evidence, Gary D. Foster and Brian G. McGuckin
VI. Childhood Obesity and Obesity Prevention
25. Development of Childhood Obesity, Robert I. Berkowitz and Albert J. Stunkard
26. Treatment of Pediatric Obesity, Gary S. Goldfield, Hollie A. Raynor, and Leonard H. Epstein
27. Prevention of Obesity, Kathryn P. Schmitz and Robert W. Jeffery