Obesity and metabolism / volume editor, Márta Korbonits.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Korbonits, Márta.

Hazel M. Hussong Fund.

Series:

Frontiers of hormone research 0301-3073 ; v. 36.

Frontiers of hormone research, 0301-3073 ; v. 36

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Obesity.

Metabolism.

Medical Subjects:

Obesity.

Physical Description:

vi, 294 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Basel ; New York : Karger, [2008]

Contents:

Monogenic human obesity / Farooqi, I.S.

Polygenic contribution to obesity : genome-wide strategies reveal new targets / Korner, A. ... [et al.]

Genetic obesity syndromes / Goldstone, A.P., Beales, P.L.

Fetal and neonatal pathways to obesity / Gluckman, P.D. ... [et al.]

Developmental origins of obesity and the metabolic syndrome : the role of maternal obesity / Armitage, J.A., Poston, L., Taylor, P.D.

Childhood obesity / Sabin, M.A., Shield, J.P.H.

Obesity in old age / McPhee Chapman, I.

Models of obesity in large animals and birds / Clarke, I.J.

The [beta]-cell in type 2 diabetes and in obesity / Rutter, G.A., Parton, L.E.

Role of the endocannabinoid system in energy balance regulation and obesity / Cota, D.

11[beta]-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 and obesity / Morton, N.M., Seckl, J.R.

Gut and hormones and obesity / Wren, A.M.

Adipokines in obesity / Ahima, R.S., Osei, S.Y.

The role of AMP-activated protein kinase in obesity / Kola, B., Grossman, A.B., Korbonits, M.

Classical endocrine diseases causing obesity / Weaver, J.U.

Emerging concepts in the medical and surgical treatment of obesity / Aylwin, S., Al-Zaman, Y.

The sociology of obesity / Rosengren, A., Lissner, L.

Obesity in art

a brief overview / Woodhouse, R.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Hazel M. Hussong Fund.

ISBN:

9783805584296

3805584296

OCLC:

181862790

Publisher Number:

99941086549