Obesity Before Birth

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Genetic Disorders Leading to Obesity

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23

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3. Obesity: Nature or Nurture?

   1. Obesity: Nature or Nurture?

      • Robert H. Lustig

      Pages 1-22

4. Genetic disorders leading to obesity

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23

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   2. The Contribution of Heredity to Clinical Obesity

      • Johanna C. Andersson, Andrew J. Walley

      Pages 25-52

   3. Monogenic Disorders Within the Energy Balance Pathway

      • Ivy R. Aslan, Sayali A. Ranadive, Christian Vaisse

      Pages 53-69

   4. Ciliary Syndromes and Obesity

      • David S. Parker, Nicholas Katsanis

      Pages 71-93

   5. Genome-Wide Association Studies and Human Population Obesity

      • Ruth J.F. Loos, Tuomas O. Kilpeläinen

      Pages 95-112

5. Epigenetic changes and the development of obesity

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113

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   2. Known Clinical Epigenetic Disorders with an Obesity Phenotype: Prader–Willi Syndrome and the GNAS Locus

      • Merlin G. Butler

      Pages 115-145

   3. Evidence for Epigenetic Changes as a Cause of Clinical Obesity

      • Graham C. Burdge, Karen A. Lillycrop

      Pages 147-166

   4. Epigenetic Changes Associated with Intrauterine Growth Retardation and Adipogenesis

      • Sara E. Pinney, Rebecca A. Simmons

      Pages 167-189

6. Developmental programming and the development of obesity

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 191-191

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   2. Exposure to Diabetes In Utero, Offspring Growth, and Risk for Obesity

      • Tessa Crume, Dana Dabelea

      Pages 193-204

   3. Maternal Weight Gain During Pregnancy and Obesity in the Offspring

      • Naomi E. Stotland, Janet C. King

      Pages 205-214

   4. Intrauterine Growth Restriction, Small for Gestational Age, and Experimental Obesity

      • Michael G. Ross, Ivan Huber, Mina Desai

      Pages 215-239

   5. Experimental Models of Maternal Obesity and High-Fat Diet During Pregnancy and Programmed Obesity in the Offspring

      • Larissa Jane Prior, Geoffrey Albert Head, James Andrew Armitage

      Pages 241-259

   6. High-Carbohydrate Intake Only During the Suckling Period Results in Adult-Onset Obesity in Mother as well as Offspring

      • Mulchand S. Patel, Malathi Srinivasan

      Pages 261-277

   7. Prenatal Stress, Glucocorticoids, and the Metabolic Syndrome

      • Amanda J. Drake, Jonathan R. Seckl

      Pages 279-300

   8. Hypothalamic Fetal Programming of Energy Homeostasis

      • Clement C. Cheung, Holly A. Ingraham

      Pages 301-319

This volume will explore the epidemiology and the basic mechanisms of each of these prenatal phenomena, in an attempt to explain the role of the prenatal environment in promoting postnatal weight gain. This information will contribute to resolving the nature-nurture controversy. This information provides guidance to clinical practitioners involved in both prenatal and postnatal care. This volume further stimulates research into underlying mechanisms and prevention and treatment of this phenomenon.

• GNAS locus
• Obesity
• Prader-Willi Syndrome
• clinical obesity
• obesity risk

From the reviews:

“An interesting and timely book. … For obstetricians, neonatologists and pediatricians in general. Recommended.” (Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews (PER), Vol. 9 (2), December, 2011)

• Director, Weight Assessment for Teen and, Division of Endocrinology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, USA

  Robert H Lustig

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