Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Abdominal Obesity

ISBN-13: 9780128160930 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 522 str.

Ronald Ross Watson

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Section I. Overview of Obesity and Population Studies
1. Sleep, Abdominal Obesity, and Metabolic Syndrome
2. The new anthropometrics and abdominal obesity: a body shape index, hip index, and anthropometric risk index
3. Comparing measures of obesity: waist circumference, Waist-hip and waist-height ratios
4. Abdominal Obesity and the Interaction between Adipocytes and Osteoblasts
5. Pharmacologic Agents Chapter for Abdominal Obesity
6. Sleeve Gastrectomy for Morbid Obesity: Technique and Outcomes
7. Comparing Measures of Obesity: Waist Circumference, waist-hip and waist-height ratios
8. Abdominal obesity in children: the role of physical activity, sedentary behavior and sleep time
9. The concept of a web-based calculator for supporting waist circumference interpretation among pediatric patients
10. Remission of metabolic syndrome after sleeve gastrectomy
11. Nutrients and Obesity
12. The role of physical activity in adult obesity
Section II. Mechanisms of Obesity
13. Fibroblast growth factor 21 as a regulator of energy metabolism in the liver and adipose tissue
14. Genetics of Central Obesity and Body Fat
15. Stress-Induced Eating Dampens Physiological and Behavioral Stress Responses
16. An emerging role of angiotensin receptor binding protein ATRAP as a possible novel player in pathophysiology of visceral obesity and metabolic disorders
17. Ethnicity and Cut-Off Values in Obesity
Section III. Role of Dietary Supplements in Obesity
18. Regulation of the Energy balance
19. Using Psyllium to Prevent and Treat Obesity Comorbidities
20. Dairy Whey Proteins and Obesity
Section IV. Foods and Macronutrients in Obesity
21. The Mediterranean diet: what it is and its effect on abdominal obesity
22. International aspects: Abdominal obesity in Greece
23. Artificial sweeteners: implications for weight loss in obesity
24. Coffee Intake and Obesity
Section V. Micronutrients and Dietary Components in Obesity 
25. Conjugated linoleic acid in human health: Effects on weight control
26. Serum magnesium and abdominal obesity and its consequences
27. Integrative Health and Medicine: Dietary supplements and modalities for the treatment of obesity
28. Anthocyanins: What They Are and How They Relate to Obesity Prevention
29. The Positive Effects of Olive Oil Towards Lipotoxicity and Obesity
30. Effects of diet-induced early-stage obesity on a low-testosterone Gottingen minipig
31. The Effects of Fiber on Visceral Fat
32. Carotenoids as Nutraceutical Therapy for Visceral Obesity
33. Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding (LAGB) as a Bariatric Procedure