Title: Handbook of Obesity: Etiology and Pathophysiology

Author(s): Christine A. Larson

Series: Health and Medical Issues Today

Publisher: Informa Healthcare

ISBN: 0824709691

Publication: 2003

Pages: 1072

Description: The Handbook of Obesity "has been designed to provide up-to-date coverage of the range of subjects that make up the field of obesity research," and it does this unusually well. Its 88 authors constitute a pantheon of obesity research, and it would be hard to find a topic that they have not covered, usually very well. The 49 chapters are divided into four parts. Part I deals with the history, definition, and prevalence of obesity and is notable for the outstanding section on history, a special interest of its author, George Bray, who is one of the editors. Part II focuses on the causes of obesity and is, appropriately, the longest, constituting nearly half the book. It is introduced by a magisterial chapter entitled "The Genetics of Human Obesity," which, reflecting the explosion of research on the topic, is followed by chapters on animal models of obesity and molecular genetics of obesity. The role of energy intake and expenditure and their integration into the regulation of energy balance is then covered in great detail. Part III deals with the ill effects of obesity, which transform a benign biologic variant into a disorder that contributes to 5 percent of national health care costs. The broad coverage of this area extends to 10 different disorders and will be a valuable resource for physicians dealing with any of the numerous conditions that are affected by obesity. Part IV discusses prevention and treatment. In addition to its authoritative treatment of the field, this book is unusually interesting. Almost every chapter contains information that was new to me and left me intrigued with all that we know about human obesity.

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