Obesity and diabetes

• Other Authors: Barnett, A. H. 1951- (Anthony H.) (Editor), Kumar, Sudhesh (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex Hoboken, NJ John Wiley & Sons 2004
• Series: Wiley diabetes in practice series
• Subjects: Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 > etiology; Obesity > complications; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 > epidemiology; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 > therapy; Obesity > therapy
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Obesity has become the most common chronic disease of the present day, with significant increases in prevalence in populations across the world and all age groups. This has resulted in a dramatic increase in obesity-related metabolic and cardiovascular complications, making it an important public he...

Table of Contents:

• Changing epidemiology of obesity - implications for diabetes / Jonathan Webber
• The genetics of human obesity / Victor J. Lawrence and Tahseen Choudhury
• Lifestyle determinants of obesity / Susan A. Jebb and Jeremy Krebs
• Pathogenesis of obesity-related type 2 diabetes / Phillip McTernan and Sudhesh Kumar
• Obesity and prevention of type 2 diabetes / Jaakko Tuomilehto, Jaana Lindström and Karri Silventoinen
• Diet and food-based therapies for obesity in diabetic patients / Iain Broom
• Behavioural modification in the treatment of obesity / Brent Van Dorsten
• Physical activity, obesity and type 2 diabetes / Carlton B. Cooke and Paul J. Gately
• Diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease - therapeutic implications / Jayadave Shakher and Anthony H. Barnett
• Drug therapy for the obese diabetic patient / John P. H. Wilding
• The role of bariatric surgery in the management of type 2 diabetes / David D. Kerrigan, James Evans and John Pinkney
• Childhood obesity and type 2 diabetes / Krystyna A. Matyka and Timothy Barrett
• Obesity and polycystic ovary syndrome / Diana Raskauskiene and Richard N. Clayton
• Management of diabesity in primary care: a multidisciplinary approach / Ian W. Campbell.