Managing Obesity: A Clinical Guide Book

Managing Obesity: A Clinical Guide Table of Contents

Contributors
Reviewers
Acknowledgments
Foreword

Introduction

1. Obesity: An Overview
  by Gary D. Foster, PhD, and Cathy A. Nonas, MS, RD, CDE

2. Assessment
Part A. Overview
by Sachiko T. St. Jeor, PhD, RD, Holly Herzog, MS, RD, and Doina Kulick, MD

Part B. Practical Applications: Hospital
by Siri Sirichanvimol, MS, RD

Part C. Practical Applications: Outpatient
by Bonnie Taub-Dix, MA, RD, CDN

3. Clinical Monitoring
Part A. Overview
by F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer, MPH, MD

Part B. Practical Applications
by Cathy A. Nonas, MS, RD, CDE

4. Behavioral Treatment
Part A. Overview
by Thomas A. Wadden, PhD

Part B. Practical Applications
by Gary D. Foster, PhD, and Angie Makris, PhD, RD

5. Dietary Approaches
Part A. Overview
by Eileen Kennedy, DSc, RD

Part B. Practical Applications
by Rebecca Reeves, PhD, RD, Mary Pat Bolton, MA, RD, and Molly Gee, MS,RD

6. Physical Activity
Part A. Overview
by Steven N. Blair, PED

Part B. Practical Applications
by Ruth Ann Carpenter, MS, RD

7. Pharmacological Treatment
Part A. Overview
by Jonathan A. Waitman, MD, and Louis J. Aronne, MD

Part B. Practical Applications
by Cathy A. Nonas, MS, RD, CDE

8. Surgical Treatment
Part A. Overview
by Patricia S. Choban, MD

Part B. Practical Applications
by Allison Schimmel Mattson, MS, RD

9. Weight Loss Maintenance
Part A. Overview
by Rena R. Wing, PhD

Part B.Practical Applications
by Suzanne Phelan, PhD

10. Patient and Professional Resources
by Betty Kovacs, MS, RD

Index