The Adipose Organ / Saverio Cinti -- Metabolism Of White Adipose Tissue / Michel Beylot -- Leptin / Malaka B. Jackson And Rexford S. Ahima -- Adiponectin / Aimin Xu, Yu Wang, And Karen S.l. Lam -- Vasoactive Factors And Inflammatory Mediators Produced In Adipose Tissue / Gema Frohbeck -- Regulation Of The Immune Response By Leptin / Victor Sanchez-margalet [and Others] -- Leptin In Autoimmune Disease / Giuseppe Matarese -- Leptin And Gastrointestinal Inflammation / Arvind Batra And Britta Siegmund -- Adiponectin And Inflammation / Yuji Matsuzawa -- Macrophages, Adipocytes, And Obesity / Anthony W. Ferrante, Jr. -- Interactions Of Adipose And Lymphoid Tissues / Caroline M. Pond -- Adipose Tissue And Mast Cells: Adipokines As Yin-yang Modulators Of Inflammation / George N. Chaldakov [and Others] -- Bone Marrow Adipose Tissue / Patrick Laharrague And Louis Castella -- Environmental Aspects Of Obesity / Lisa Diewald, Myles S. Faith, And Meredith S. Dolan --^ The Genetics Of Obesity: Five Fundamental Problems With The Famine Hypothesis / John R. Speakman -- Developmental Perspectives On The Origins Of Obesity / Cristopher W. Kuzawa, Peter D. Gluckman, And Mark A. Hanson -- The Epidemiology Of Obesity / Carol A. Braunschweig -- Inherited And Acquired Lipodystrophies: Disorders Of Adipose Tissue, Development, Differentiation, And Death / Vinaja Simha And Anil Agarwal -- Mechanisms Of Cachexia / Robert H. Mak And Wai W. Cheung -- Adipose Tissue And Insulin Resistance / Stephen E. Borst -- Adipokines In Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease / Ancha Baranova And Zobair M. Younossi -- Adiposity And Cancer / Eugenia E. Calle -- Obesity And Cardiovascular Disease / Alison M. Morris, Paul Poirier, And Robert H. Eckel -- Obesity And Asthma / Elisabeth Luder -- Adiposity And Kidney Disease / Srinivasan Beddhu And Bonnie Ching-ha Kwan -- Obesity And Joint Disease / Andrew J. Teichtahl, Anita E. Wluka, And Flavia M. Cicuttini --^ Effect Of Weight Loss On Disease / Sergio Jose Bardaro, Dennis Hong, And Lee Swanstrom. Edited By Giamila Fantuzzi, Theodore Mazzone ; Foreword By Andrew P. Goldberg And Susan K. Fried. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 381-383) And Index.