Overweight and the Metabolic Syndrome:

Neuroendocrine Control of Food Intake.- Body Composition Assessment of Obesity.- Prevalence of Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome.- The Genetic Contribution to Obesity.- Etiology of Obesity: The Problem of Maintaining Energy Balance.- Current Views of the Fat Cell as an Endocrine Cell: Lipotoxicity.- Ectopic Fat and the Metabolic Syndrome.- Abdominal Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome.- The Problems of Childhood Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome.- Evaluation of the Overweight and Obese Patient.- Dietary Approaches to Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome.- Exercise as an Approach to Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome.- Behavioral Strategies for Controlling Obesity.- Obesity Prevention.- Orlistat and Sibutramine in the Management of Obesity.- A Status of Drugs on the Horizon for Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome—a Comprehensive Review 2005.- Surgical Treatment of the Overweight Patient.