Mullin Gerard E., Cheskin Lawrence J., Matarese Laura E. (eds.) Integrative Weight Management: A Guide for Clinicians

Humana Press, 2014. — 523 p. — (Nutrition and Health) — ISBN: 978-1-4939-0547-8Integrative Weight Management: A Guide for Clinicians intends to educate physicians and nutritionists about the wide ranges of approaches to weight control from non-traditional sources. The options for weight management in conventional practices are limited to a small number of medications, a confusing array of dietary approaches and surgical procedures with their inherent risks and complications. Unfortunately medical practitioners are not exposed to nutrition and weight control principles during training and thus are reluctant to manage their patients weight control issues. This volume is structured into 4 sections: Introduction to Weight Management Disorders; Morbidity and Mortality of Obesity; Therapy of Obesity; and Integrative Medicine and Obesity. Integrative Weight Management: A Guide for Clinicians represents a powerful collaboration of dozens of leading experts in the fields of nutrition, weight management and integrative medicine who have managed countless numbers of patients and summarized the research from thousands of articles to create an up-to- date state of the art guide for healthcare practitioners, allied health professionals and public health authorities who manage those who are overweight/obese along with the associated metabolic consequences.Introduction to Integrative Weight Management
Introduction to Weight Management Disorders
Definitions, Terminology, and Measurement
Epidemiology of Obesity: The Global Situation
Pathophysiology of Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome: Rodent Models
Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome: Etiopathogenic Analysis
Animal Models for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
The Human Gut Microbiome and Its Role in Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome
Nutritional Assessment in Obese Patients
Childhood Obesity: Solutions to a Growing Problem
Morbidity and Mortality of Obesity
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Obesity and Cancer
Diabesity: The Causes of Our Modern Plague
Cardiovascular Complications of Obesity
Metabolic Support of the Obese Intensive Care Unit Patient
Obesity and Its Impact Upon Quality of Life
Therapy of Obesity
Behavioral and Psychological Approaches to Weight Management
Physical Activity for Obesity
Pharmacotherapy for Obesity
Weight-Loss Diets: Weighing the Evidence
Commercial Weight Loss Programs
Academic Programs for Weight Control
Pharmaconutrition for the Treatment of Obesity
Endoscopic Approaches to Obesity
Surgical Management of Weight Loss
Complications of Bariatric Surgery
Integrative Medicine and Obesity
Prevention Strategies for Obesity Among Children and Adults
Dietary Supplements for Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome
Obesity and the Stress Connection: Mind–Body Therapies for Weight Control
Acupuncture and Obesity
Eating Disorders
Religious, Cultural, and Social Aspects of Eating
Patient-Centered Strategies for Effective Weight Management
ERRATUM: Commercial Weight Loss Programs