Primary and Secondary Eating Disorders: a Psychoneuroendocrine and Metabolic Approach

Section headings and selected papers. Regulation of Eating Pattern: Basic and Human Studies. The psychobiological control of appetite, (J.E. Blundell, A.J. Hill). The role of micronutrients in eating behaviour, (E. Lanzola, H. Cena). Eating disorders in males: sociocultural norms, clinical course, biomedical factors, and outcome, (A-E. Andersen). Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa: Biochemical, Clinical and Therapeutic Aspects. Epidemiology of eating disorders, (M. Cuzzolaro). Anorexia in childhood, (C. Livieri et al). Immune function in malnutrition: a personal experience, (S. Coaccioli et al.). Bulimia and placebo, (L. Apfelbaum-Igoin, M. Apfelbaum).Obesity: Neuroendocrine, Clinical and Therapeutic Features. Android and gynoid obesities today, (J. Vague). Neuroendocrine abnormalities in primary obesity, (E. Ferrari et al). Obesity related hypertension, (M. Bonati et al. Obesity and increased risk for renal microangiopathy in non-insulin dependent (type 2) diabetes mellitus, (S.B. Solerte et al). Therapeutic strategies in obesity, (B. Guy-Grand). Secondary Eating Disorders. The role of corticotropin-releasing factor in the pathophysiology of depression and eating disorders: basic and clinical studies, (Y. Ohkubo et al). Are eating disorders addictions? (M.S. Gold). Weight gain related to tobacco withdrawal, (B. Spring et al).