Bookvolume editor, Márta Korbonits.
Contents:
Monogenic human obesity / Farooqi, I.S.
Polygenic contribution to obesity : genome-wide strategies reveal new targets / Korner, A. ... [et al.]
Genetic obesity syndromes / Goldstone, A.P., Beales, P.L.
Fetal and neonatal pathways to obesity / Gluckman, P.D. ... [et al.]
Developmental origins of obesity and the metabolic syndrome : the role of maternal obesity / Armitage, J.A., Poston, L., Taylor, P.D.
Childhood obesity / Sabin, M.A., Shield, J.P.H.
Obesity in old age / McPhee Chapman, I.
Models of obesity in large animals and birds / Clarke, I.J.
The [beta]-cell in type 2 diabetes and in obesity / Rutter, G.A., Parton, L.E.
Role of the endocannabinoid system in energy balance regulation and obesity / Cota, D.
11[beta]-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 and obesity / Morton, N.M., Seckl, J.R.
Gut and hormones and obesity / Wren, A.M.
Adipokines in obesity / Ahima, R.S., Osei, S.Y.
The role of AMP-activated protein kinase in obesity / Kola, B., Grossman, A.B., Korbonits, M.
Classical endocrine diseases causing obesity / Weaver, J.U.
Emerging concepts in the medical and surgical treatment of obesity / Aylwin, S., Al-Zaman, Y.
The sociology of obesity / Rosengren, A., Lissner, L.
Obesity in art--a brief overview / Woodhouse, R.