Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Abdominal Obesity

Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-0-12-407869-7
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 560 Seiten, Format (B × H): 222 mm x 287 mm, Gewicht: 2202 g

Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Abdominal Obesity focuses on the important roles that exercise, dietary changes, and foods play in promoting as well as reducing visceral fat. Nutritionists, dieticians, and healthcare providers seeking to address the abdominal obesity epidemic will use this comprehensive resource as a tool in their long-term goal of preventing chronic diseases, especially heart, vascular, and diabetic diseases.

Experts from a broad range of disciplines are involved in dealing with the consequences of excessive abdominal fat: cardiology, diabetes research, studies of lipids, endocrinology and metabolism, nutrition, obesity, and exercise physiology. They have contributed chapters that define a range of dietary approaches to reducing risk and associated chronic diseases. They begin by defining visceral obesity and its major outcomes; they also discuss the importance and the challenges of dietary approaches to reduce abdominal obesity, as compared to clinical approaches, with major costs and risks.

Zielgruppe

<p>Academic, government, and corporate researchers in nutrition, diet, and endocrinology; graduate students in nutrition, epidemiology and public health; and practicing nutritionists, dietitians, and endocrinologists. </p>

Autoren/Hrsg.

Watson, Ronald Ross

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Epidemiologie, Medizinische Statistik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Endokrinologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Ernährungsmedizin, Diätetik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

SECTION1: Epidemiology of Abdominal Obesity
SECTION 2: Visceral Obesity: Diabetes and Heart Disease
SECTION 3: Clinical Surgery in Management of Abdominal Obesity

SECTION 4: Nutrition in Clinical Therapy of Abdominal Obesity Diseases
SECTION 5: Exercise and Environment in Altering Abdominal Obesity
SECTION 6: Foods and Visceral Fat Accumulation and Removal
SECTION 7: Herbs and Extracts: Role in Abdominal Fat
SECTION 8: Dietary Supplements and Visceral Obesity
SECTION 8: Dietary Supplements and Visceral Obesity
SECTION 9: Dietary Macromolecules and Abdominal Obesity
SECTION10: Nutrients as Modulators of Visceral Fat
SECTION11: Hormones and non-Nutrients as Modulators of Visceral Fat
SECTION12: Dairy Products and Visceral Fat in Health
SECTION 13: Genetic Regulation and Mechanisms of Obesity
(55 total chapters)

Über Autor(innen)

Watson, Ronald Ross
Ronald Ross Watson, PhD, is Professor of Health Promotion Sciences at the University of Arizona, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. Dr. Watson began his research in public health at the Harvard School of Public Health as a Fellow in 1971 doing field work on vaccines in Saudi Arabia. He has done clinical studies in Colombia, Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United States which provides a broad international view of public health. He has served in the military reserve hospital for 17 years with extensive training in medical responses to disasters as the chief biochemistry officer of a general hospital, retiring as a Lt. Colonel. He is a distinguished member of several national and international nutrition, immunology, and cancer societies. Dr. Watson's career has involved studying many lifestyle aspects for their uses in health promotion. He has edited over 100 biomedical reference books and 450 papers and chapters. His teaching and research focuses on alcohol, tobacco, and drugs of abuse in heart function and disease in mouse models.