Obesity epidemiology, pathophysiology, and prevention
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boca Raton
CRC Pres
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| Series: | CRC series in modern nutrition science
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Table of Contents:
- Epidemiology of obesity
- Epidemiology of obesity: a global burden for the new millennium
- Environmental estrogens, endocrine disruption, and obesity
- Cigarette smoking, inflammation, and obesity
- Disordered eating as a correlate in the development of obesity
- Role of neurotransmitters in obesity regulation
- Neurobiology of obesity
- Leptin as a vasoactive adipokine: link between metabolism and vasculature
- Overview of ghrelin, appetite, and energy balance
- Molecular genetics of obesity syndrome: role of DNA methylation
- Oxidative stress status in humans with metabolic syndrome
- Obesity and type 2 diabetes
- Angiogenesis-targeted redox-based therapeutics
- Obesity as an occult risk factor for drug and chemical toxicities
- Adipose drug targets for obesity treatment
- Safety of obesity drugs
- The fundamental role of physical activity and exercise in weight management
- Nutritional and dietary approaches for weight management: an overview
- Gender differences in body fat utilization during weight gain, loss, or maintenance
- Appetite, body weight, health implications of a low-glycemic-load diet
- Beyond obesity prevention: the anti-aging effects of caloric restriction
- Dietary supplement carbohydrate digestion inhibitors: a review of the literature
- Vegetarian diet in the prevention and treatment of obesity
- The Atkins paradigm
- Polyphenols from fruits and vegetables in weight management and obesity control
- Chromium (III) in promoting weight loss and lean body mass
- An overview on (-)-hydroxycitric acid in obesity regulation
- A review of the safety and efficacy of citrus aurantium in weight management
- Conjugated linoleic acid and weight control: from the biomedical immune viewpoint
- The role of tea in weight management
- Laboratory and clinical studies of chitosan
- Phaseolus vulgaris and a-amylase inhibition
- Glucomannan in weight loss: a review of the evidence
- Role of caralluma fumbriata in weight management
- Role of medium-chain triglycerides in weight management
- Anti-obesity by marine lipids
- Dairy foods, calcium, and weight management
- Lessons from the use of ephedra products as dietary supplements
- Dietary supplementation in weight loss: a dietitian's perspective
- Treatment and prevention of childhood obesity and associated metabolic diseases
- Bariatric surgery in obesity and reversal of metabolic disorders.