Pediatric Obesity

• The Obesity Epidemic: A Global Perspective.- Global Dynamics in Childhood Obesity: Reflections on a Life of Work in the Field.- The Neuroendocrine Perspective: The Control of Appetite and Energy Expenditure.- The Neuroendocrine Control of Energy Balance.- The Genetics of Childhood Obesity.- Monogenic Obesity.- Syndromic Obesity.- Polygenic Obesity.- Racial Differences in Childhood Obesity: Pathogenesis and Complications.- Pre- and Perinatal Determinants of Childhood Obesity.- Maternal Determinants of Childhood Obesity: Weight Gain, Smoking, and Breastfeeding.- Intrauterine Growth Retardation.- Gestational Diabetes.- The Roles of Diet and Energy Expenditure in Obesity Pathogenesis.- The Role of Diet.- Energy Expenditure in Children: The Role of NEAT.- Metabolic Complications of Childhood Obesity.- Childhood Obesity and the Regulation of Growth, Thyroid Function, Sexual Development, and Calcium Homeostasis.- Pathogenesis of Insulin Resistance and Glucose Intolerance in Childhood Obesity.- Pathogenesis and Management of Dyslipidemia in Obese Children.- Fatty Liver Disease.- Pathogenesis of Hypertension and Renal Disease in Obesity.- Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Sleep Duration in Childhood Obesity.- The Long-Term Metabolic Complications of Childhood Obesity.- Childhood Obesity, Atherogenesis, and Adult Cardiovascular Disease.- Treatment of Childhood Obesity: Lifestyle Intervention.- Family-Based Behavioral Interventions.- Exercise and Childhood Obesity.- School- and Community-Based Interventions.- Management of Obesity with Complications: Pharmacotherapy and Bariatric Surgery.- Pharmacotherapy of Childhood Obesity and Pre-diabetes.- Pathogenesis and Management of Adiposity and Insulin Resistance in PCOS: Prevention and Treatment of the Metabolic Disease Components.- Obesity and Metabolic Dysfunction in the Child with a Major Behavioral Disorder: Atypical Antipsychotics.- Hypothalamic Obesity.- Bariatric Surgery in Adolescents.- Challenges to Long-Term Success.- Neuroendocrine and Metabolic Adaptations in the Central Nervous System That Facilitate Weight Regain.- The Socio-cultural Context for Obesity Prevention and Treatment in Children and Adolescents: Influences of Ethnicity and Gender.- The Future of Childhood Obesity in the Global Marketplace.- The Marketing and Distribution of Fast Food.- Local and National Policy-Based Interventions: To Improve Children’s Nutrition.

From the reviews: "This multiauthor volume reviews in 10 parts the overall problems of childhood obesity ... . An updated and highly referenced review of interest to any pediatrician." (Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews (PER), Vol. 8 (3), March, 2011) "This comprehensive book on pediatric obesity includes novel topics such as the effect of maternal obesity on children (before and after birth) and the relationship between sleep (short sleep duration and sleep disorders such as obstructive sleep apnea) and obesity. ... The book is designed for practicing endocrinologists, general pediatricians, bariatric medicine physicians, and nutritionists who manage or would like to manage pediatric obesity. It also could be of some interest to bariatric medicine providers involved in teaching." (Silvana Pannain, Doody's Book Reviews, December, 2010) "With the occurrence of world-wide obesity becoming an international epidemic along with its complications of type II diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, sleep apnea, and fatty liver disease, the comprehensive therapist must clearly become aware of it along with politicians, environmentalists, social planners, fast-food marketers, and many others. This new book can help them all. ... This excellent textbook begins with a global perspective and continues through etiology, pathogenesis, and treatment - including bariatric surgery which may ... extreme to many leaders." (William H. Wehrmacher and Harry Messmore, Comprehensive Therapy, November, 2010)