NUTRITION AND METABOLISM Underlying Mechanisms and Clinical Consequences pdf

[...]... task, far beyond the scope of a single volume book Thus, Nutrition and Metabolism: Underlying Mechanisms and Clinical Consequences offers only an up-to-date and authoritative review of the major scientific and clinical aspects of the overlapping areas between nutrition and metabolism I am indebted to all my colleagues, most of them scientists and distinguished professors at Harvard University, for their...Series Preface xi In conclusion, Nutrition and Metabolism: Underlying Mechanisms and Clinical Consequences, edited by Christos S Mantzoros, MD provides health professionals in many areas of research and practice with the most up-to-date, well-referenced volume on the importance of maintaining normal weight so that obesity and the obesity-related chronic diseases that can adversely... to make pervasive and enduring changes to the ways we live across our entire lifespan and these changes are admittedly difficult to implement 4 MECHANISMS UNDERLYING THE LINK BETWEEN NUTRITION, METABOLISM, AND DISEASE STATES AS OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS Although we realize that obesity is associated with adverse health outcomes, we do not fully understand the mechanisms underlying these... problems associated with nutrition and the metabolic syndrome, whereas the third major part of the book focuses on Clinical Assessment and Management of the main disease states associated with inappropriate nutrition and the metabolic syndrome Finally, general information useful for both clinicians and researchers alike is presented in the Appendix Covering the entire field of nutrition or metabolism would... modalities, including behavioral modifications such as diet and exercise, pharmacotherapy, and bariatric surgery, on obesity and its comorbidities, including cardiovascular risk factors, risk for malignancy, bone disease, biliary disease, and overall quality of life Pertinent randomized controlled clinical trial and meta-analysis data are discussed and when these are not available, or do not fully elucidate... physician Each chapter in this book provides an authoritative review of the current status of research and knowledge in each one of the most important clusters of current work in the Nutrition and Metabolism field Text and graphs of several chapters appeared in their original form in the textbook Nutrition and Metabolism , C Mantzoros (editor), published by the Aristides Daskalopoulos Foundation in Athens,... in the Treatment of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Olga Kordonouri, Caroline Apovian, Lauren Kuhn, Thomas Danne, and Christos S Mantzoros Part V 161 Nutrition Recommendations 10 12 149 195 209 221 245 Clinical Assessment and Management 14 Mediterranean Diet in Disease Prevention: Current Perspectives Jessica Fargnoli, Yoon Kim, and Christos S Mantzoros 15 Lifestyle and Pharmacology Approaches... 301-563-6595 Internet: http://www.naaso.org 4 NUTRITION American Society for Nutrition (ASN) 9650 Rockville Pike Suite L-5500 Bethesda, MD 20814 Tel: 301-634-7050 Fax: 301-634-7892 Email: sec @nutrition. org Internet: http://www .nutrition. org United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion 3101 Park Center Drive Room 1034 Alexandria, VA 22302-1594 Tel: 1-888-7pyramid... enormous, and have not yet been fully appreciated Recent evidence indicates that in addition to long-recognized genetic and environmental factors, including nutrition and exercise, social networks are closely associated with and may play an important role in the spread of obesity What are the links between significant interpersonal relationships, human behavior, and the pathogenesis of obesity and its... prevention and treatment in societies of affluence, as well as in developing societies? Also, how does inappropriate nutrition lead to obesity and how is obesity linked to morbidity and mortality? A considerable amount of work is currently underway to identify and characterize the environmental, social, genetic, cognitive, sensory, metabolic, hormonal, and neural factors leading to obesity and associated . to www.springer.com/series/7659 NUTRITION AND METABOLISM Underlying Mechanisms and Clinical Consequences Editor Christos S. Mantzoros, MD, DSc Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and. chapters. Nutrition and Metabolism: Underlying Mechanisms and Clinical Consequences, edited by Christos S. Mantzoros, MD is a very welcome addition to the Nutrition