Treating and Preventing Obesity (eBook)

Jan Östman, MD, PhD, is Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Karolinska Institute. Dr. Östman was formerly head of the Center for Metabolism and Endocrinology, Huddinge University Hospital. He is past Chairman of the Swedish Society for Diabetology, and author of about 300 publications, including original articles, reviews, books, and book chapters. Major research topics are regulation of human adipose tissue metabolism, diabetes epidemiology, and transplantation of insulin producing tissue in human diabetes. Mona Britton, MD, PhD, is Professor of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. Dr. Britton is Senior Medical Advisor at the Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care (SBU), Stockholm. Egon Jonsson, PhD, Leader of the WHO Health Evidence Network, and former Director of SBU, is Professor of Health Economics at the Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine and, for 20 years, Co-editor of the International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care.

1. Background
2. Methods - Systematic Review of the Scientific
Evidence
3. Preventing Obesity
4. Treating Obesity in Adults
5. Treating Obesity in Children and Youth
6. Quality of Life
7. Effects of Obesity Treatment on Disease and Special Conditions
8. Economic Assessment of Treatment Methods
9. Ethical Aspects
10. Glossary and Acronyms

"This is a good overview of obesity. Among its strengths is its breadth of coverage..."
Doody's Electronic Journal

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CAB International

"...recommended for libraries serving doctors, nutritionists and medical students as a comprehensive look at the worldwide problems of obesity industrialized nations."
E-STREAMS

"...undoubtedly useful...suitable for any professional who is attempting to work in the field..."
Journal of Human Nutrition & Dietics

"One of the books great strengths is that is has been written with a very broad remit of assessing all that is relevant to obesity, and as such it has been bold enough to examine the evidence for a wide range of non-medical prevention and treatment strategies. ... The text provides a wealth of information for the clinican to evaluate his/her own weight management approach with patients. ... a ... definitive evidence based text which should serve as a reliable reference text for many years."
European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology

"This book can serve as a starting point for clinicians planning better clinical trials on obesity. They illustrate very well the many areas that need more research."
Journal of the National Medical Association

"...a useful introductory text in the field of obesity."
American Journal of Therapeutics