Obesity and Weight Management in Primary Care

"This little volume reviews in an easy reading style the physiology and pathology of obesity as well as therapeutic approaches from dieting and drugs to surgery ... useful for students, residents, all health care professionals, as well as sufferers." Journal of Paediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism

Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgements. 1: Introduction and overview. 2: Epidemiology. 3: Causes of obesity. 4: The Autocrine, Paracrine and Endocrine Functions of Adipose. Tissue. 5: Obesity--a disease in its own right. 6: Beneficial effects of modest weight loss. 7: Management in clinical practice: a patient orientated approach. 8: Drug treatment in the management of obesity. 9: The Place of Surgery in the management of obesity. 10: The economic consequences of obesity. 11: Prevention of obesity. 12: Childhood obesity. . Appendix 1: Healthy eating. Appendix 2: Characteristics of successful weight management programmes. Appendix 3: Facts of fat. Appendix 4: Growth charts. Appendix 5: The Milan Declaration. Index