List of Contributors

v

Preface

viii

List of Abbreviations

ix

PART I

OBESITY

1

1

Epidemiology: Definition and Classification of Obesity   Tommy L.S. Visscher, Marieke B. Snijder and Jacob C. Seidell

3

2

Measuring Body Composition in Adults and Children   K. Ashlee McGuire and Robert Ross

15

3

Stigma and Social Consequences of Obesity   Rebecca M. Puhl, Chelsea A. Heuer and Kelly D. Brownell

25

4

Obesity and Culture   Pippa Craig

41

5

Obesity and Gender   Berit L. Heitmann

58

PART 2

BIOLOGY OF OBESITY

65

6

Energy Balance and Body Weight Homeostasis   Abdul G. Dulloo

67

7

Genes and Obesity   I. Sadaf Farooqi

82

8

Fetal and Infant Origins of Obesity   Matthew W. Gillman

92

9

Adipocyte Biology   Paul Trayhurn

103

10

Metabolic Fuels and Obesity   Simon W. Coppack

115

11

Eating Behavior   John E. Blundell, Graham Finlayson and Jason C.G, Halford

134

12

Energy Expenditure in Humans: The Influence of Activity, Diet and the Sympathetic Nervous System   Jose Lara, Moira A. Taylor and Ian A. Macdonald

151

PART 3

OBESITY AND DISEASE

165

13

Obesity and Dyslipidemia: Importance of Body Fat Distribution   André Tchernof and Jean-Pierre Després

167

14

Obesity Insulin Resistance and Gut Hormones   Joseph Proietto

187

15

Obesity as an Endocrine Disease   Yuji Matsuzawa

200

16

Metabolic Syndrome, Diabetes and Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis   Ioannis Kyrou, John Willy Huukeland, Neeraj Bhala and Sudhesh Kumar

208

17

Cardiovascular Consequences of Obesity   Ian Wilcox

228

18

Adult Obesity: Fertility   Renato Pasquali, Alessandra Gambineri, Valentina Vicennati and Uberto Fagotto

240

19

Obstructive Sleep Apnea   Brendon J. Yee and Ronald R. Grunstein

246

PART 4

MANAGEMENT OF ADULT OBESITY

265

20

An Overview of Obesity Management   Peter G. Kopelman and Ian D. Caterson

267

21

Dietary Management of Obesity: Eating Plans   Janet Franklin

275

22

Behavioral Treatment of Obesity   Vicki L. Clark, Divya Pamnani and Thomas A. Wadden

301

23

Exercise, Physical Activity and Obesity   Marleen A. van Bcuxk

313

24

Drugs Used Clinically to Reduce Body Weight   George A. Bray

327

25

The Management of Obesity: Surgery   Paul E. O’Brien and John B. Dixon

339

26

Weight Loss Maintenance and Weight Cycling   Kristina Elfhag and Stephan Rössner

351

27

Education and Training of Healthcare Professionals   Peter G. Kopelman

366

PART 5

CHILDHOOD OBESITY

373

28

Childhood Obesity: Definition, Classification and Assessment   Aviva Must and Sarah E. Anderson

375

29

Childhood Obesity: Consequences and Complications   Kate Steinbeck

392

30

The Treatment of Childhood and Adolescent Obesity   William H. Dietz

408

PART 6

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY APPROACHES

423

31

Obesity: Global Pandemic   Shiriki K. Kumanyika, Neville Rigby, Tim Lobstein, Rachel Jackson Leach and W. Philip T. James

425

32

Obesity and the Environment   Andy Jones and Graham Bentham

440

33

Obesity: Using the Ecologic Public Health Approach to Overcome Policy Cacophony   Geof Rayner and Tim Lang

452

34

A Comprehensive Approach to Obesity Prevention   Boyd Swinburn and A. Colin Bell

471

Index

487