Kushner, Robert F. 1953- creator Lawrence, Victor 1968- Kumar, Sudhesh. Wiley InterScience (Online service) text bibliography Electronic books. Handbooks and manuals. enk Chichester, West Sussex Hoboken, NJ Wiley-Blackwell 2013 monographic eng

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1 online resource (1 ebook (viii, 195 pages)) This accessible guide to obesity and its clinical management provides clear, didactic, clinically focused guidance for all healthcare professionals involved in the treatment and management of patients with obesity, thus acting as a repository of essential practical knowledge. It is an ideal practical guide for registrars and residents in endocrinology and metabolic disease, as well as all other health professionals who regularly manage obese patients, such as specialist obesity and diabetes nurses, dietitians, and general practitioners with an interest in obesity management. Energy balance and body weight homeostasis -- The genetic basis of obesity -- Adipocyte biology -- Fetal and infant origins of obesity -- Metabolic fuels and obesity -- Practical guide to clinical assessment and treatment planning -- Patterns, risks, and benefits of weight loss -- Dietary management -- Physical activity and exercise -- Behavioral therapy -- Pharmacotherapy -- Surgical treatments -- Diabetes and metabolic diseases -- Obesity and reproductive health -- Gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary disease in obesity -- Respiratory complications of obesity -- Obesity and cardiovascular disease -- Obesity : mental health and social consequences -- Obesity and musculoskeletal disease -- The obese patient in hospital. Robert Kushner, Victor Lawrence, Sudhesh Kumar. Includes bibliographical references and index. Obesity Handbooks, manuals, etc Obesity Obesity RC628 .K87 2013 616.398 WD 210 Kushner, Robert. Chicester : Wiley, ©2013 9781118643570 1118643577 0470654767 9780470654767 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118643570 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118643570 AU@ 130406 20171106092015.0 ocn857807020 eng