TY - BOOK AU - Bray,George A. TI - A guide to obesity and the metabolic syndrome: origins and treatment SN - 9781439814574 (alk. paper) PY - 2011/// CY - Boca Raton PB - CRC Press KW - Obesity KW - etiology KW - Metabolic Syndrome X KW - therapy N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 ER -