Overweight and the Metabolic Syndrome:: From Bench to Bedside

by George A. Bray and Louisiana State University Pennington Biomedical Research Cent

Book Overview

Neuroendocrine Control of Food Intake.- Body Composition Assessment of Obesity.- Prevalence of Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome.- The Genetic Contribution to Obesity.- Etiology of Obesity: The Problem of Maintaining Energy Balance.- Current Views of the Fat Cell as an Endocrine Cell: Lipotoxicity.- Ectopic Fat and the Metabolic Syndrome.- Abdominal Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome.- The Problems of Childhood Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome.-...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441940731
• ISBN13: 9781441940735
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"