The metabolic syndrome and obesity
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Totowa, N.J. :
Humana Press
cop. 2007.
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| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991003373939708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Definitions and prevalence
- How do we get fat?: an epidemiological and metabolic approach
- Costs, pathology, and health risks of obesity and the metabolic syndrome
- Natural history of obesity: differential diagnosis, clinical types, and age-related changes
- Evaluation, prevention, and introduction to treatment
- Diet
- Behavior modification
- Physical activity and exercise in the obese
- Pharmacological treatment of the overweight patient
- Should we treat the metabolic syndrome or its components?
- Surgical treatment for the overweight patient.
