- Covers how to apply the latest management strategies and technologies applicable to these patients
- Describes how to perform a range of relevant bariatric surgical procedures
- Features a section on complications for obese individuals that are associated with COVID-19
This heavily revised second edition comprehensively examines the causes and effects of obesity, both on the human body as well as society as a whole.
The significance obesity plays in the development of a variety of lethal and non-lethal diseases is discussed, and the prevention and treatment of obesity are looked at in detail. Treatment strategies such as bariatric surgical techniques and descriptions of how to apply the latest assessment technologies are provided for obese adult and pediatric patients. A new section to this edition covers the impact of COVID-19 on obese patients and how it can create extra complications.
Obesity: Clinical, Surgical and Practical Guide describes how to best treat and manage individuals with obesity utilizing the latest methodologies. Furthermore, it brings together a large number of international specialists in their field, making it a valuable resource for gastroenterologists, surgeons, researchers, dieticians, physicians, and healthcare providers.
Table of ContentsPart 1: Introduction to obesity.-- Introduction and impact of obesity.-
Part 2: Diseases associated with obesity.-- The obese brain.-
- Obesity and inflammation lead to insulin resistance and cancer - A systematic review.-
- Obesity-induced leptin-signalling pathways to gynecologic cancers.-
- Obesity and hypertension.-
- Association between obesity in women, polycystic ovary syndrome and adverse obstetric outcome.-
- The impact of hyperandrogenism in female obesity and cardiometabolic disease associated with polycystic ovary syndrome.-
- Non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases or metabolic associated fatty liver disease -which is more comprehensive when associated with obesity?-
Part 3: Treatment of obesity: Clinical, surgical and physical activities.-- Airway management in obese patients.-
- Vitamin d and metabolic syndrome.-
- Bariatric surgery in class 1 obesity.-
- Neurosurgical consideration for the obese patients.-
- The physical activities in obesity.-
Part 4: Controls of obesity.-- The effects of Omega 3 supplementation on obesity and overweight: A systematic review and meta-regression analysis of randomized controlled trial.-
- Anti-obesity effects of anti-inflammatory polyphenols.-
- The truth about the influence of endocrine disruptors on obesity: What can be done?-
Part 5: Genetics of obesity.-- Genetic variants connected to obesity.-
Part 6: Covid-19 and obesity.-- Covid-19 and the role of chronic inflammation in patients with obesity.-
Part 7: Psychosocial aspects of obesity.-- Psychological intervention in childhood obesity.-
- Emotion regulation interventions for obesity-related eating behaviours in Adolescence.-
- Role of well-being in bariatric surgery treatment for severe obesity.
