Pathways to obesity and main roads to recovery / editor, Piergiuseppe Vinai.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vinai, Piergiuseppe.

Series:

Nutrition and Diet Research Progress

Nutrition and diet research progress

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Obesity--Treatment.

Obesity.

Eating disorders--Treatment.

Eating disorders.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The similar body images of obese patients frequently hide psycho-pathological and medical differences needing different therapeutic approaches. This title presents research data on the genetic, endocrinological, psychological and familial factors that can induce obesity.

Contents:

Dealing with an overfed world / Giovanni Maria Ruggiero

The genetics of obesity / Federica Tozzi, Andréa Poyastro Pinheiro

Neuroendocrine influences on appetite and obesity / Susan Carnell ... [et al.]

Psychiatric, psychological & familial parameters in childhood obesity / Daniel Stein ... [et al.]

Emotions becoming food : the binge eating disorder / Piergiuseppe Vinai, Patrizia Todisco

The night eating syndrome / Piergiuseppe Vinai... et al.

Sleep related eating disorder / Mauro Manconi, Matteo Mario Anelli

Assessment of obese patients / Piergiuseppe Vinai ... et al.

Selecting and preparing patients for bariatric surgery : the preoperative psychological consultation / Anthony N. Fabricatore, Joseph A. Giorgio

Psychosocial contribution and prevention of childhood obesity / Yael Latzer, Daniel Stein

Improving healthy eating habits and daily physical activity / Sabrina Guidi

Dieting / Anna Tagliabue

Self-help / Ilyse Dobrow DiMarco

Cognitive-behavioral treatment (cbt) for obesity / Jennifer R. Shapiro, Cynthia M. Bulik

Pharmacotherapy / Roberta Situlin

Bariatric surgery : indications and procedures / Luca Busetto

Treatment of binge eating disorder / James E. Mitchell, Kristine Steffen

Treatment of night eating syndrome / Kelly C. Allison, Amy Sgrenci Langsam

Sleep related eating disorder : relationship to amnesia and a review of its treatment / Michael J. Howell, Carlos H Schenck

Obesity and its treatment in persons with mental illness / Jennifer D. Lundgren and Melisa V. Rempfer

Neurosurgery in the treatment of obesity / Casey H. Halpern ... et al.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61209-474-0