OBESITY. A PRACTICAL GUIDE

• This book presents a comprehensive treatise about obesity
• It helps the readers gain knowledge about obesity, to help them find appropriate treatment
• A large number of contributors are specialists in their fields and have contributed to numerous Obesity books

This book brings a comprehensive treatise about obesity, examining the measures that can be taken to stop and even reduce obesity if these right measures are taken in time.
Recent studies show that obesity is on the increase at an alarming rate, especially in the industrialized and affluent countries. A number of reasons have been put forward for this increase, including life style choices, over-eating, over-use of commercially processed food, addiction for fast food, high caloric diet specially containing high levels of sugar and fat, lack of exercise and sedentary life style. Also genetic make up has been associated with obesity.
Obesity can lead to a variety of lethal diseases, notably coronary heart disease, cancer and diabetes. These diseases account for the highest number of human death amongst all other causes. There are also a number of other side effects associated with obesity including increased stress, loss of intelligentsia, pancreatitis, premature birth and osteoarthritis.
In recent years media have been playing important roles in highlighting the lethality and damage caused by obesity, nevertheless no significant effects can be seen in the population and obesity remains on the increase, especially amongst children.
The editors believe that it is important that more education, campaign and research are used to stop this increasing disease.

Table of contents (27 chapters)
1. White Adipose Tissue: Beyond Fat Storage
2. Brown Adipose Tissue and Obesity
3. Long-Chain Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Obesity
4. Leptin and Obesity
5. Role of Neuro-Endocrine System in Obesity
6. Oxidative Stress and Obesity
7. Genetics of Human Obesity
8. Obesity and Coronary Heart Disease
9. Obesity and Diabetes
10. Obesity and Breathing Related Sleep Disorders
11. Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux Disease and Obesity: Pathophysiology and Putative Treatment
12. Obesity and Gastrointestinal Disorders in Children
13. Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Obesity
14. Obesity, Cardiometabolic Risk, and Chronic Kidney Disease
15. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Obesity
16. Obesity and Cancer
17. Obesity and Thyroid Cancer
18. Depression and Obesity
19. Obesity: Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery
20. New Technology in the Assessment and Treatment of Obesity
21. Obstetrical Risks in Obesity
22. Bariatric Surgery in Obesity
23. Underlying Physiological Mechanisms of Bariatric Surgery
24. Infant Nutrition and Obesity
25. Disordered Eating and Obesity
26. Physical Activity in Obesity and Diabetes
27. Obesity Prevention in Young Children