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Contemporary Diagnosis and Management of Obesity and The Metabolic Syndrome®
Practice-based text and illustrations make this handbook an invaluable reference guide for primary care physicians who are treating patients who are obese or who are approaching obesity. A detailed discussion covering the complexities of the metabolic syndrome is also included in this handbook. 328 pages
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Who Are the Overweight? Body Composition and Prevalence
Chapter 2: What Causes Overweight? Nature and Nuture
Chapter 3: Health Hazards Associated With the Disease of Obesity
Chapter 4: The Metabolic Syndrome
Chapter 5: Clinical Classification and Natural History of Overweight
Chapter 6: Clinical Evaluation and Introduction to Treatment of Overweight
Chapter 7: Behavior Modification and the Overweight Patient
Chapter 8: Nutrition, Diet, and Treatment of Overweight
Chapter 9: Physical Activity and Exercise in Treatment of Overweight
Chapter 10: Drug Treatment of Overweight
Chapter 11: Surgical Treatment of Overweight
Index
