Obesity Management

Comprised exclusively of clinical cases illustrating current strategies for obesity management across various types of conditions, this concise, practical casebook will provide obesity medicine specialists and all physicians who treat obesity with the best real-world strategies to properly diagnose and treat patients struggling with weight management. Each section includes a pair of cases that open with a unique clinical presentation, followed by a description of the diagnosis, assessment and management technique recommended and employed, as well as the case outcome and clinical pearls and pitfalls. Cases included in the first sections depict issues involved in obesity management in metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, insulin resistance syndromes, genetic predisposition, and type 2 diabetes. Subsequent sections present cases highlighting particular management strategies, such as psychiatric medication induced weight gain, behavioral interventions, bariatric surgery and pharmacotherapy for obesity.

Pragmatic and reader-friendly, Obesity Management: A Clinical Casebook is an excellent resource for physicians who treat overweight and obesity and the complications of these conditions.

• Adipose tissue
• Bariatric surgery
• Behavioral intervention
• Cardiovascular disease
• Genetic syndromes
• Insulin resistance
• Metabolic syndrome
• Nutrition
• Obesity
• Polycystic ovary syndrome
• Prader Willi syndrome
• Type 2 diabetes
• Weight management

“This is a unique book that that provides concise, pragmatic, case-based patient vignettes addressing assessment and management issues related to patients presenting with obesity. … Overall, this book is very interesting, and it contains insights and treatment strategies from experts in the field. It is unique as a clinically based casebook and contains important and practical information for seasoned clinicians.” (Robert Kushner, Doody's Book Reviews, May 03, 2019)

• NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, USA

  Louis J. Aronne, Rekha B. Kumar

Louis J. Aronne, MD, FACP, DABOM, Sanford I. Weill Professor of Metabolic Research, Comprehensive Weight Control Center, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA

Rekha B. Kumar, MD, MS, DABOM, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Comprehensive Weight Control Center, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA

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