Handbook of obesity

History definitions and prevalence: historical framework for the development of ideas about obesity definitions and proposed current classification of obesity evaluation of total and regional body composition time trends in the worldwide prevalence of obesity prevalence of obesity in children obesity in the elderly. Etiology: the genetics of human obesity animal models of obesity molecular genetics of obesity diet composition and the control of food intake in humans experimental studies on the control of food intake behaviourial neuroscience of obesity. Pathophysiology: etiology of the metabolic syndrome clinical manifestations of the metabolic syndrome the effects of obesity on the cardiovascular system obesity and lipoprotein metabolism obesity and blood pressure regulation obesity and diabetes. Evaluation, prevention, and treatment: prevention of obesity classification and evaluation of the overweight patient behaviourial approaches to the treatment of obesity dietary treatment of obesity exercise as a treatment for obesity treatment of overweighed NIDDM patients. (Part contents).