| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Front Cover -- Global Health Complications of Obesity -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- About the authors -- Preface -- Acknowledgment -- 1 What is obesity? -- Overview -- Definition and measurement -- Epidemiology -- Etiology and risk factors -- Genetics of obesity -- Environmental factors contributing to obesity -- Risk factors in early life and the development of later obesity -- Early adiposity rebound and future health risks -- Health consequences of childhood obesity -- Pathophysiology -- Complications -- Weight cycling -- Diagnosis -- Treatment -- Key terms |
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Further reading -- 2 Obesity and total mortality -- Overview -- Global prevalence of adult obesity -- Prevalence of adult obesity in the United States -- Morbidity and mortality statistics -- Gender differences in obesity -- Urban versus rural differences in obesity -- Distribution of obesity by age, gender, and ethnicity in the United States -- Research and technology -- Economics, culture, and religion -- Obesity and quality of life -- Clinical cases -- Clinical case 1 -- Clinical case 2 -- Clinical case 3 -- Key terms -- Further reading -- 3 Risk factors of obesity -- Overview |
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Genetics of obesity -- Environmental factors contributing to obesity -- Childhood obesity -- Risk factors in early life and the development of later obesity -- Early adiposity rebound and future health risks -- Health consequences of childhood obesity -- Medications and obesity -- Stress and mental illness -- Low socioeconomic status and obesity -- Clinical cases -- Clinical case 1 -- Clinical case 2 -- Clinical case 3 -- Key terms -- Further reading -- 4 Cardiovascular disease and its risk factors -- Overview -- Atherosclerosis -- Epidemiology -- Etiology and risk factors -- Pathogenesis |
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Clinical manifestations -- Diagnosis -- Treatment -- Dyslipidemia -- Epidemiology -- Etiology and risk factors -- Pathogenesis -- Clinical manifestations -- Diagnosis -- Treatment -- Hypertension -- Epidemiology -- Etiology and risk factors -- Pathogenesis -- Clinical manifestations -- Diagnosis -- Treatment -- Aneurysm -- Epidemiology -- Etiology and risk factors -- Pathogenesis -- Clinical manifestations -- Diagnosis -- Treatment -- Aortic dissection -- Epidemiology -- Etiology and risk factors -- Pathogenesis -- Clinical manifestations -- Diagnosis -- Treatment -- Stroke -- Epidemiology |
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Etiology and risk factors -- Pathogenesis -- Clinical manifestations -- Diagnosis -- Treatment -- Pulmonary embolism -- Epidemiology -- Etiology and risk factors -- Pathogenesis -- Clinical manifestations -- Diagnosis -- Treatment -- Clinical cases -- Clinical case 1 -- Clinical case 2 -- Clinical case 3 -- Clinical case 4 -- Clinical case 5 -- Clinical case 6 -- Clinical case 7 -- Key terms -- Further reading -- 5 Disorders of insulin regulation -- Overview -- Insulin resistance -- Type 2 diabetes -- Epidemiology -- Etiology and risk factors -- Regulation of energy balance -- Pathogenesis |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Subject |
Obesity.
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Obesity -- Complications
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Electronic books.
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Obesity
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e-books.
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Obesity
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Obesity -- Complications
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Moini, Jahangir, 1942-
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| ISBN |
9780128197523 |
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0128197528 |
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