The Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity

Part I.The Problem

1. Definitions and Prevalence
2. How Do We Get Fat?
3. Costs, Pathology, and Health Risks of Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome
4. Natural History of Obesity
Part II.The Solutions

5. Evaluation, Prevention, and Introduction to Treatment
6. Diet
7. Behavior Modification
8. Physical Activity and Exercise in the Obese
9. Pharmacological Treatment of the Overweight Patient
10. Should We Treat the Metabolic Syndrome or Its Components?
11. Surgical Treatment for the Overweight Patient

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Keywords: SCIENCE / Chemistry / General SCI013000