Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Abdominal Obesity

Ronald Ross Watson, PhD, is Professor of Health Promotion Sciences at the University of Arizona, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. Dr. Watson began his research in public health at the Harvard School of Public Health as a Fellow in 1971 doing field work on vaccines in Saudi Arabia. He has done clinical studies in Colombia, Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United States which provides a broad international view of public health. He has served in the military reserve hospital for 17 years with extensive training in medical responses to disasters as the chief biochemistry officer of a general hospital, retiring as a Lt. Colonel. He is a distinguished member of several national and international nutrition, immunology, and cancer societies. Dr. Watson’s career has involved studying many lifestyle aspects for their uses in health promotion. He has edited over 100 biomedical reference books and 450 papers and chapters. His teaching and research focuses on alcohol, tobacco, and drugs of abuse in heart function and disease in mouse models.

SECTION1: Epidemiology of Abdominal Obesity
SECTION 2: Visceral Obesity: Diabetes and Heart Disease
SECTION 3: Clinical Surgery in Management of Abdominal Obesity
SECTION 4: Nutrition in Clinical Therapy of Abdominal Obesity Diseases
SECTION 5: Exercise and Environment in Altering Abdominal Obesity
SECTION 6: Foods and Visceral Fat Accumulation and Removal
SECTION 7: Herbs and Extracts: Role in Abdominal Fat
SECTION 8: Dietary Supplements and Visceral Obesity
SECTION 8: Dietary Supplements and Visceral Obesity
SECTION 9: Dietary Macromolecules and Abdominal Obesity
SECTION10: Nutrients as Modulators of Visceral Fat
SECTION11: Hormones and non-Nutrients as Modulators of Visceral Fat
SECTION12: Dairy Products and Visceral Fat in Health
SECTION 13: Genetic Regulation and Mechanisms of Obesity
(55 total chapters)