Obesity epidemiology, pathogenesis, and treatment [ a multidisciplinary approach

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ahima, Rexford S. (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, Florida : CRC Press , c2014
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Online Access:Crcnetbase
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Population trends and variation in body mass index from 1971 to 2008 in the Framingham Heart Study Offspring Cohort
  • 2. Community energy balance
  • 3. A genome-wide association study on obesity and obesity-related traits
  • 4. Differences between adiposity indicators for predicting all-cause mortality in a representative sample of United States non-elderly adults
  • 5. A new body shape index predicts mortality hazard independently of body mass index
  • 6. Metabolically healthy and unhealthy obesity phenotypes in the general population
  • 7. Liver and muscle in morbid obesity
  • 8. Sarcopenia exacerbates obesity-associated insulin resistance and dysglycemia
  • 9. Prevalence of obesity and associated cardiovascular risk
  • 10. Obstructive sleep apnea is a predictor of abnormal glucose metabolism in chronically sleep obese adults
  • 11. Cluster analysis of obesity and asthma phenotypes
  • 12. Diet, physical exercise and cognitive behavioral training as a combined workplace based intervention to reduce body weight and increase physical capacity in health care workers
  • 13. Reduction in adiposity, _-cell function, insulin sensitivity, and cardiovascular risk factors
  • 14. Bariatric surgery