Handbook of Obesity, Volume 2: Clinical Applications for Evaluation, Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment

Authored by George A. Bray, the 5th Edition of the Handbook of Obesity, Volume 2, focuses on clinical applications for the evaluation, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of obesity. This edition covers significant developments since the previous edition, including the impact of SARS-CoV-2 on individuals with obesity, the concept of Precision Medicine, and new FDA-approved medications aiding in weight loss of 15 to 20%.

Part 1: Evolutionary Insights and Implications

This section provides insights from evolution on changes in diet and physical activity, and the implications and results for preventing obesity, health care costs associated with obesity, and the cost-effectiveness of obesity prevention and treatment.

Part 2: Evaluating Overweight Patients

This part deals with the evaluation of overweight patients, approaches for classifying obesity, and using this knowledge to evaluate patients, including addressing ethnic and racial considerations in evaluating patients with obesity.

Part 3: Lifestyle Management of Obesity

This section explains the impact of lifestyle in managing obesity, including behavioral management, diet, dietary composition, meal timing, and the effects of physical activity and exercise in weight loss and weight loss maintenance.

Part 4: Medications in the Management of Obesity

Focused on medications in the management of obesity, this part includes drug selection, various classes of drugs, combination of drugs affecting weight loss, effect of herbal agents on weight loss, and treatment of obesity in pediatric populations, genetic diseases causing obesity, and the role of drugs in treating the dyslipidemias.

Part 5: Surgical Techniques for Obesity

This final section discusses bariatric surgery, its history, procedure, and effects in detail, as well as other surgical techniques including electric stimulation of the vagus nerve, gastric balloons, intestinal liners, and liposuction.

Publication Details: Publisher: CRC Press, Language: English, ISBN: 9781032551081, ISBN: 9781000960389