The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared obesity a global epidemic. Its prevalence has more than doubled since 1980, causing a myriad of health problems for children and adults. Obesity: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Prevention, Second Edition explores the molecular mechanisms and pathophysiology leading to obesity and metabolic disord

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Preface
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Chapter 1 - Epidemiology of Obesity: Current Status
Chapter 2 - Epidemiology of Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity
Chapter 3 - Global View on the Development of Noncommunicable Diseases: Where Are We Going?
Chapter 4 - Evidence for Refined Food Addiction
Chapter 5 - Disruption of Development by Environmental Estrogens: Adult Obesity and Metabolic Disease
Chapter 6 - Cigarette Smoking, Inflammation, and Obesity
Chapter 7 - Role of Neurotransmitters in Obesity Regulation
Chapter 8 - Neurobiology of Obesity
Chapter 9 - Leptin as a Vasoactive Adipokine: Link between Metabolism and Vasculature
Chapter 10 - Leptin-Induced Inflammation: A Link between Obesity and Cancer
Chapter 11 - Overview of Ghrelin, Appetite, and Energy Balance
Chapter 12 - Molecular Genetics of Obesity Syndrome: Role of DNA Methylation
Chapter 13 - Sleep and Obesity
Chapter 14 - Oxidative Stress Status in Humans with Metabolic Syndrome
Chapter 15 - Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes
Chapter 16 - Inflammation: A Hallmark of Obesity in Conflict with Wound Healing
Chapter 17 - Angiogenesis-Targeted Redox-Based Therapeutics
Chapter 18 - Obese and Overweight: New Sensitive Population for Drug and Chemical Toxicities?
Chapter 19 - Genomic Imprinting Disorders in Obesity
Chapter 20 - Adipose Drug Targets for Obesity Treatment
Chapter 21 - History and Regulation of Prescription and Over-the-Counter Weight Loss Drugs
Chapter 22 - Safety of Obesity Drugs
Chapter 23 - Historical Perspective, Efficacy of Current Drugs, and Future Directions in the Management of Obesity
Chapter 24 - Essential Role of Exercise and Physical Activity in Weight Management
Chapter 25 - Role of Exercise in Diet and Weight Loss
Chapter 26 - Role of Exercise in Weight Management and Other Health Benefits: Emphasis on Pedometer-Based Program
Chapter 27 - Overview of Nutritional and Dietary Approaches for Weight Control
Chapter 28 - Gender Effects on Adiposity
Chapter 29 - Beyond Obesity Prevention: The Antiaging Effects of Caloric Restriction
Chapter 30 - Carbohydrate Digestion Inhibitors: A Focus on Natural Products
Chapter 31 - Vegetarian Diets in the Prevention and Treatment of Obesity
Chapter 32 - Atkins Paradigm
Chapter 33 - Nature vs. Nurture: Role of Plant-Based Diet in Obesity Management
Chapter 34 - Glycemic Index: Issues and Concepts
Chapter 35 - Chromium (III) in Promoting Weight Loss and Lean Body Mass
Chapter 36 - Overview on (−)-Hydroxycitric Acid in Weight Management
Chapter 37 - Review of the Safety and Efficacy of Bitter Orange (Citrus aurantium) and Its Primary Protoalkaloid, p-Synephrine, in Weight Management
Chapter 38 - Antiobesity Effects of Conjugated Linoleic Acid: Fact or Fiction?
Chapter 39 - Role of Tea in Weight Management
Chapter 40 - Laboratory and Clinical Studies of Chitosan
Chapter 41 - Role of Curcumin, the Golden Spice, in Obesity and Associated Chronic Diseases
Chapter 42 - Role of Caralluma fimbriata in Weight Management
Chapter 43 - Glucomannan in Weight Loss: A Review of the Evidence
Chapter 44 - Role of Medium-Chain Triglycerides in Weight Management
Chapter 45 - Antiobesity by Marine Lipids
Chapter 46 - Dairy Foods, Calcium, and Weight Management
Chapter 47 - Lessons from the Use of Ephedra Products as a Dietary Supplement
Chapter 48 - Coleus forskohlii Extract in the Management of Obesity
Chapter 49 - Curcumin: Potential Role in Obesity and Obesity-Related Metabolic Diseases
Chapter 50 - Review of the Safety and Efficacy of Banaba (Lagerstroemia speciosa L.) and Its Major Constituents, Corosolic Acid and Ellagitannins, in the Management of Metabolic Syndrome
Chapter 51 - Appetite, Body Weight, Health Implications of a Low-Glycemic-Load Diet
Chapter 52 - Herbals and Dietary Nutrients Associated with Weight Loss
Chapter 53 - Calcium and Obesity: A Microcosm of the Nutrient Problem
Chapter 54 - Dietary Supplementation in Weight Loss: A Dietitian’s Perspective
Chapter 55 - Beyond Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load: Horizons for Long-Term Weight Management
Chapter 56 - Challenges to the Conduct and Interpretation of Weight Loss Research: Reflections on 35 Years of Weight Loss Research
Chapter 57 - Obesity and Disordered Eating in Youth
Chapter 58 - Childhood Obesity: Exercise Physiologists’ Viewpoints
Chapter 59 - Impact of Childhood Obesity on Musculoskeletal Growth, Development, and Disease
Chapter 60 - New Directions in Childhood Obesity
Chapter 61 - Thinking Outside the Box: The TEEEN Program, a Primary Care Approach to Address the Public Health Concern of Pediatric Obesity
Chapter 62 - Bariatric Surgery and Reversal of Metabolic Disorders
Chapter 63 - Bariatric Surgery in Pediatric Weight Management
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