A guide to obesity and the metabolic syndrome : origins and treatment - Bray, George A. (Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2011)
Origins of obesity in the scientific era : 1500 AD to the present -- Definitions, measurement, and prevalence -- Genetic, metabolic, and social origins of obesity -- Effects of obesity on health and metabolism -- Prevention, evaluation, and introduction to treatment -- Lifestyle, diet, & exercise : cognitive solutions -- Medications for obesity -- Surgery for obesity -- Post-script : obesity in the twenty first century.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Obesity -- etiology; Metabolic Syndrome X -- etiology; Metabolic Syndrome X -- therapy; Obesity -- therapy