Obesity and diabetes / editors, Anthony H. Barnett, Sudhesh Kumar.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barnett, A. H. (Anthony H.), 1951-

Kumar, Sudhesh.

Series:

Practical Diabetes

Practical Diabetes ; v.34

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Obesity.

Type 2 diabetes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (346 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Type 2 diabetes, associated with obesity, is today the most common form of diabetes. It is also associated with a number of other cardiovascular risk factors which constitute the metabolic syndrome. Effective management of 'diabesity' is crucial to the reduction of morbidity and premature morbidity due to cardiovascular disease. Part of the successful 'Diabetes in Practice' series, Obesity and Diabetes Second Edition focuses on the link between diabetes and obesity, two of the most pressing health problems in the developed world. It covers topics ranging from the changing epidem

Contents:

Changing epidemiology of obesity : implications for diabetes / Jonathan Webber

The genetics of human obesity / Victor J. Lawrence and Tahseen A. Chowdhury

Lifestyle determinants of obesity / Laura Johnson and Susan A. Jebb

Pathophysiology of obesity-induced T2DM / Konstantinos Lois, Phillip McTernan and Sudhesh Kumar

Obesity and prevention of type 2 diabetes / Jaakko Tuomilehto, Jaana Lindstrom and Karri Silventoinen

Diet and food-based therapies for obesity in diabetic patients / Catherine Rolland and Iain Broom

Behaviour change components of obesity treatment / Brent Van Dorsten

Physical activity, obesity and type 2 diabetes / Carlton B. Cooke and Paul J. Gately

Diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease : therapeutic implications / Jayadave Shakher and Anthony H. Barnett

Drug therapy for the obese diabetic patient / John P.H. Wilding

The role of metabolic surgery in the management of type 2 diabetes / David Kerrigan and John Pinkney

Childhood obesity and type 2 diabetes / Krystyna A. Matyka

Obesity and PCOS / Diana Raskauskiene and Richard N. Clayton

Management of diabesity in primary care : a multidisciplinary approach / Ian W. Campbell

Obesity and employment / Nerys Williams

Obesity in different ethnic groups / Ponnusamy Saravanan, George Valsamakis and Sudhesh Kumar.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-12330-0

9786612123306

0-470-74147-3

0-470-74148-1

OCLC:

476271617