Metabolic Basis of Obesity

By Rexford S. Ahima

1. Principles of human energy metabolism [Jose Galgani, Eric Ravussin] 2. Intermediary metabolism of carbohydrate, protein and fat [Keith Tornheim, Neil Ruderman] 3. Adipose tissue development, structure, function [Jaswinder K. Sethi, Antonio J. Vidal-Puig] 4. Adipokines in health and disease [Rexford S. Ahima, Marcus D. Goncalves] 5. Neural control of feeding and energy homeostasis [Emilie Caron, Rexford S. Ahima] 6. Gastrointestinal hormones and obesity [Yan Wang, Efi Kokkotou] 7. Genes and human obesity [R. Arlen Price] 8. Classical hormones linked to obesity [Hyeong-Kyu Park, Rexford S. Ahima] 9. Inflammation and adipose dysfunction [Rachana Shah, Muredach P. Reilly] 10. Insulin resistance in the metabolic syndrome [Sudha B. Biddinger, Brice Emanuelli] 11. Pancreatic islet b-cell function in obesity [Tomoaki Morioka, Rohit N. Kulkarni] 12. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and the metabolic syndrome [Sonia Najjar] 13. Sleep, circadian rhythms and metabolism [Eleonore Maury, Kathryn M. Ramsey, Joseph Bass] 14. Obesity and cardiac dysfunction [Gary Sweeney, Sheldon E. Litwin, E. Dale Abel] 15. Atherogenic lipid metabolism in obesity [Sue-Anne Toh, Michael Levin, Daniel J. Rader] 16. Gut microbes, immunity and metabolism [Evelyn Hsu, Gary Wu] 17. Impact of obesity on female reproductive health [Moshood O. Olatinwo, Diana Harp, Winston Thompson, Hyeong-Kyu Park, Ronald Mathews] 18. Lessons from HIV lipodystrophy and drug-induced metabolic dysfunction [Steven Grinspoon] 19. Principles of obesity therapy [Rexford S. Ahima]

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441916067
• ISBN13: 9781441916068
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 391 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.4"