Provides diagnosis, evaluation and medical management of obesity and diabetes

Provides major nutritional recommendations and interventions

Written by internationally recognized experts

An up-to-date and authoritative review

Scope of the Problem.- Resources.- Genetics and Pathophysiology.- Nutrition and the Metabolic Syndrome: A Twenty-First-Century Epidemic of Obesity and Eating Disorders.- Genes and Gene-Environment Interactions in the Pathogenesis of Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome.- Environmental Inputs, Intake of Nutrients, and Endogenous Molecules Contributing to the Regulation of Energy Homeostasis.- Central Integration of Environmental and Endogenous Signals Important in the Regulation of Food Intake and Energy Expenditure.- Public Health Perspective.- Insulin Resistance in States of Energy Excess: Underlying Pathophysiological Concepts.- Targeting Childhood Obesity Through Lifestyle Modification.- Diet and Physical Activity in the Prevention of Obesity.- Diet and Exercise in the Prevention and Management of the Metabolic Syndrome.- Nutrition Recommendations.- Diet and Physical Activity in Cancer Prevention.- Food Guide Pyramids and the 2005 MyPyramid.- Nutrition Recommendations for the General Population: Where Is the Science?.- Nutrition Recommendations and Interventions for Subjects with Cardiovascular Disease.- Clinical Assessment and Management.- Medical Nutrition Therapy in the Treatment of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes.- Mediterranean Diet in Disease Prevention: Current Perspectives.- Lifestyle and Pharmacology Approaches for the Treatment of Hypertension and Hyperlipidemia.- Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Medical Management of Obesity and Diabetes.- Surgical Management of Obesity and Postoperative Care.- Long-Term Impact of Weight Loss on Obesity and Obesity-Associated Comorbidities.- Methods for Classifying, Diagnosing, and Monitoring Obesity.- Methods for Classifying, Diagnosing, and Monitoring Type II Diabetes.- Resources.- Major Nutrition Recommendations and Interventionsfor Subjects with Hyperlipidemia, Hypertension, and/or Diabetes.