Obesity and metabolism

SciTech Book News, June, 2008

Obesity and metabolism.

Ed. by Marta Korbonits.

S. Karger, AG

2008

294 pages

$289.00

Hardcover

Frontiers of hormone research; v.36

RC628

Researchers (from Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and the US) in medicine and science discuss the genetics, metabolic phenotype, and treatment of obesity in this volume, which brings together 18 chapters that address causes, metabolic disturbances, and treatment options. The wide-ranging array of chapters covers monogenic and syndromal causes, as well as susceptibility genes; the effects of obesity in the pregnant mother, fetus, children, and old age; and studies of periodic increased weight in animals. The biochemical and physiological background of abnormal metabolism is examined, with consideration of the hormones and enzymes involved, such as adipokines, as well as the traditional hormonal causes, diabetes, the role of the endocannabinoid system in energy balance regulation, and the clinical approach and treatment of obesity. Social aspects are also analyzed, and a chapter on obese body art throughout history is provided.

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