Understanding Obesity: From its Causes to impact on Life
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Understanding Obesity: From its Causes to impact on Life

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Understanding Obesity: From its Causes to impact on Life

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Understanding Obesity informs readers about contributing factors to obesity: from social and behavioral determinants throughout the life course, influences from before we are born to what we eat (nutrients and food contaminants which impact body weight), gut bacteria, and the way accumulated energy from nutrition is spent. Chapters will also inform readers about adipose tissue (the dynamic role of the adipose tissue during obesity development, the pressure put on to its remodeling and differences in obesity phenotypes regarding association with pathological outcomes as well as the latest advances in finding biological markers of adipose tissue dysfunction) and the latest treatment options for obesity. Special topics, such as the bidirectional relationship of stress with obesity and the influence of aging on the onset of metabolic disorders that lead to obesity are also discussed. Understanding Obesity is a valuable reference for health researchers, practitioners (endocrinologists, family physicians, nurses), as well as decision-makers in healthcare and other professional settings who are seeking a holistic understanding about the causes of obesity and ways to address it. Key Features: - 17 chapters cover obesity from a diverse range of perspectives - medical information is presented (adipose physiology and different disease conditions relevant to obesity) - educational, social and psychological issues as central when caring for obesity patients are emphasized - the latest information on obesity treatment options (including medical, pharmaceutical and surgical options) is included - bibliographic references have been provided for further reading

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Publisher
Bentham Science Publishers
Year
2020
ISBN
9789811442636
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Endocrinology & Metabolism

Table of contents

  1. Welcome
  2. Table of Content
  3. Title
  4. BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBLISHERS LTD.
  5. FOREWORD
  6. PREFACE
  7. List of Contributors
  8. A Life Course Approach to Obesity and Cardio-vascular Disease
  9. Social and Health Behavior Determinants of Obesity
  10. Adipokines as Emerging Biomarkers of Adipocyte Dysfunction
  11. Obesity and Adipose Tissue Remodeling
  12. Metabolic Inflammation at the Crossroads of Obesity Phenotypes
  13. Environmental Chemical Obesogens
  14. Medical Management of the Obese Patient
  15. Current Pharmacological Approaches in Obesity Treatment
  16. Managing Obesity with Bariatric Surgery
  17. The Role of Macronutrients in Diets for Weight Control
  18. The Relevance of Polyphenols in Obesity Therapy
  19. Maternal Nutrition and Developmental Program-ming of Obesity
  20. Targeting Gut Microbiota in Obesity Control
  21. Modulatory Impact of Physical Exercise on the Morphological and Metabolic Features of White Adipose Tissue
  22. Stress and Obesity
  23. Breaking the Borders Between Obesity and Cancer
  24. Obesity: A Bad Partner for the Elderly