Obesity and Diabetes

✍ Scribed by Anthony H. Barnett, Sudhesh Kumar

• Publisher: Wiley
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 336
• Series: Wiley Diabetes in Practice
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Type 2 diabetes, associated with obesity, is today the most common form of diabetes.  It is also associated with a number of other cardiovascular risk factors which constitute the metabolic syndrome.  Effective management of ‘diabesity’ is crucial to the reduction of morbidity and premature morbidity due to cardiovascular disease.Part of the successful ‘Diabetes in Practice’ series, Obesity and Diabetes Second Edition focuses on the link between diabetes and obesity, two of the most pressing health problems in the developed world.  It covers topics ranging from the changing epidemiology of type 2 diabetes to an analysis of the principal causes of the metabolic syndrome.Includes new chapters on obesity management in ethnic minorities and obesity issues in the workplaceFeatures many suggestions of practical valueDescribes a contemporary approach to the clinical assessment of obesity and its management in both primary and secondary care settingsCovers emerging problems such as childhood “diabesity” and the impact of obesity on polycystic ovary syndromeAll chapters have been updatedObesity and Diabetes Second Edition   addresses the management of obesity and diabetes in practical terms useful to clinicians with an interest in diabetes, both in primary and secondary care, general practitioners, paediatricians, endocrinologists and nutritionists, as well as to students and researchers interested in obesity.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
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Half-title
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Other titles in the Wiley diabetes in practice series
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Title
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Copyright
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Contents
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Foreword
......Page 12
Contributors
......Page 14
1. Changing epidemiology of obesity—implications for diabetes
......Page 17
2. The genetics of human obesity
......Page 29
3. Lifestyle determinants of obesity
......Page 47
4. Pathophysiology of obesity-induced T2DM
......Page 62
5. Obesity and prevention of type 2 diabetes
......Page 82
6. Diet and food-based theraphies for obesity in diabetic patients
......Page 101
7. Behaviour change components of obesity treatment
......Page 116
8. Physical activity, obesity and type 2 diabetes
......Page 138
9. Diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease—theraputic implications
......Page 164
10. Drug therapy for the obese diabetic patient
......Page 198
11. The role of metabolic surgery in the management of type 2 diabetes
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12. Childhood obesity and type 2 diabetes
......Page 234
13. Obesity and PCOS
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14. Management of diabesity in primary care: a multidisciplinary approach
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15. Obesity and employment
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16. Obesity in different ethnic groups
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Index
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