1st Edition
Obesity Prevention and Treatment A Practical Guide
The World Health Organization estimates that there are 2.1 billion individuals with obesity globally. Nearly three quarters of adults in the United States are overweight or obese. The average individual with obesity cuts ten years off their life expectancy, yet less than 40% of physicians routinely counsel individuals concerning the adverse health consequences of obesity. Obesity Prevention and Treatment: A Practical Guide equips healthcare practitioners to include effective weight management counselling in the daily practice of medicine.
Written by lifestyle medicine pioneer and cardiologist, Dr. James Rippe and obesity expert Dr. John Foreyt, this book provides evidence-based discussions of obesity and its metabolic consequences. A volume in the Lifestyle Medicine Series, it provides evidence-based information about the prevention and treatment of obesity through lifestyle measures, such as regular physical activity and sound nutrition, as well as the use of new medications or bariatric surgery available to assist in weight management.
- Provides a framework and practical strategies to assist practitioners in safe and effective treatments of obesity.
- Contains information explaining the relationship between obesity and increased risk of heart disease, diabetes, cancer, osteoarthritis, and other chronic conditions.
- Chapters begin with bulleted key points and conclude with a list of Clinical Applications.
Written for practitioners at all levels, this user-friendly, evidence-based book on obesity prevention and treatment will be valuable to practitioners in general medicine or subspecialty practices.
Part 1: The Modern Management of Obesity
1. Preventing and Managing Obesity: The Scope of the Problem
James M. Rippe
2. Pathophysiology of Obesity
James M. Rippe
3. Epidemiology of Adult Obesity
James M. Rippe
4. Identification, Evaluation and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity
James M. Rippe
5. Exercise Management for the Patient with Obesity
James M. Rippe
6. Behavioral Management for the Patient with Obesity
John P. Foreyt
7. Dietary Management of Overweight and Obesity
Nina Crowley and Katherine R. Arlinghaus
8. A Clinical Approach to Pharmacological Management of the Patient with Obesity
Magdalena Pasarica and Nikhil V. Dhurandhar
9. Bariatric Surgery
Robert F. Kushner
10. Pediatric Obesity
James M. Rippe
11. Adiposity-Based Chronic Disease: A New Diagnostic Term
James M. Rippe
Part 2: Obesity and Specific Medical Conditions
12. Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease
James M. Rippe
13. Obesity and Diabetes
James M. Rippe
14. Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome
James M. Rippe
15. Lifestyle Approaches Targeting Obesity to Lower Cancer Risk, Progression and Recurrence
James M. Rippe
16. Obesity and Arthritis
James M. Rippe
Part 3: Emerging Topics in Obesity Management
17. Beyond Subcutaneous Fat
James M. Rippe
18. Public Health and Obesity
James M. Rippe
19. Future Directions in Obesity and Weight Management
James M. Rippe
Biography
James M. Rippe, M.D. is a cardiologist, graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Medical School, and is the Founder and Director of the Rippe Lifestyle Institute and Professor of Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
John Foreyt, PHD is Professor at the Baylor College of Medicine’s Department of Medicine and Department of Psychiatry and is the Director of the DeBakey Heart Center’s Behavioral Medicine Research Center.
"The more I read through this book, the more I learnt and solidified, consolidated and expanded previous knowledge as well as gaining new knowledge. We all know that obesity is a large public health problem but this excellent and highly readable book puts it all into perspective. Even better, it is easy to read, relatively short in length (making it easier to read as a whole) but fact packed and very good value for money. Highly recommended." --Dr Harry Brown January 2022
"This book will give health practitioners and dietetic students a brief outline of the intricacies of obesity diagnosis and management. The primary author has a lifestyle institute and is well published in this area of research." - Bettina Tahsin, MS, RD, LDN, CDCES (Cook County Health), Doody Enterprises
