Multidisciplinary approach to obesity : from assessment to treatment /: from assessment to treatment. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Andrea Lenzi, Silvia Migliaccio, Lorenzo Maria Donini, editors.
• Editors: Lenzi, Andrea; Migliaccio, Silvia; Donini, Lorenzo Maria
• Contents: Introductory chapters -- Anatomy and physiology of adipose tissue -- Regulation of energy intake -- Obesity : definition and epidemiology -- Metabolism and endocrinology -- Obesity and thyroid function -- Hypothalamic Growth Hormone/IGF-1 Axis -- Adrenal function and obesity -- Ovarian function and obesity : PCOS, menopause -- Obesity and osteoporosis -- Sarcopenic obesity -- Obesity and testicular function -- Obesity and Glucose metabolism -- Dyslipidemia and cardiovascular risk in obesity -- Pulmonary complications of obesity -- Sexual distress in obesity -- Evaluation of obese subjects -- Clinical evaluation -- Nutritional status evaluation : body composition and energy balance -- Psychiatric and psychological evaluation -- Functional evaluation (joint and muscle problems, cardiopulmonary exercise testing, disability evaluation) -- Impairment of quality of life in obesity -- Therapeutic approach -- Therapeutic education and psychotherapy -- Dietary intervention and nutritional counseling -- Physical activity and training prescription -- Prescription medications for the treatment of obesity -- Bariatric surgery -- Reconstructive plastic surgery -- Nutritional, metabolic and psychological rehabilitation -- Increasing adherence to diet and exercise through cognitive behavioural strategies -- Interdisciplinary approach to obesity.
• Publisher Details: Cham [Switzerland] : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 616.398; Medicine; Obesity; Weight loss; Overweight persons; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General; MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL -- Diseases; MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine; Obesity; Overweight persons; Weight loss; Obesity; Medicine & Public Health; Endocrinology; Metabolic Diseases; Urology/Andrology; Psychiatry; Medical -- Endocrinology & Metabolism; Medical -- Urology; Medical -- Psychiatry -- General; Metabolism; Urology & urogenital medicine; Psychiatry; Endocrinology; Metabolic diseases; Urology; Psychiatry; Endocrinology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319090450; 3319090453; 3319090445; 9783319090443
• Related ISBNs: 9783319090443
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed November 24, 2014).
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