Office Management of Obesity

TABLE OF CONTENTS Evaluation of Body Composition: Practical
Guidelines Dympna Gallagher, MD Department of Medicine and
Institute of Human Nutrition, Columbia University Body
Composition Unit, Obesity Research Center, St. Luke's-Roosevelt
Hospital New York, NY Mi-Yeon Song, PhD Obesity Research Center,
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital New York, NY The Prevalence of
Obesity Holly Wyatt, MD Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, &
Diabetes University of Colorado Health Science Center Centers
for Obesity Research and Education Denver, CO The Etiology of
Obesity Catherine M. Kotz, MD Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Minneapolis, MN Allen S. Levine, MD Director, Minnesota Obesity
Center Minneapolis VA Medical Center Minneapolis, MN Charles J.
Billington, MD VA Medical Center Metabolic/Endocrine Section
Minneapolis, MN The Metabolic Syndrome Michael D. Jensen, MD
Endocrine Research Unit Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN Maria L.
Collazo-Clavell, MD Endocrine Research Unit Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN The Menopause and Obesity Jennifer Lovejoy, PhD
Women’s Nutrition Research Program Pennington Biomedical
Research Center Baton Rouge, LA Problems in Childhood Obesity
Sandra Hassink, MD Department of Pediatrics Division of General
Pediatrics Dupont Hospital Wilmington, DE Obesity: Food Intake
Judy Stern, ScD Division of Endocrinology, Clinical Nutrition,
and Vascular Medicine Department of Internal Medicine University
of California, Davis Davis, CA Alexandra Kazaks Division of
Endocrinology, Clinical Nutrition, and Vascular Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine University of California, Davis
Davis, CA Risks of Obesity George Bray, MD Pennington Biomedical
Research Center Baton Rouge, LA The Office Approach to the Obese
Patient Robert Kushner, M.D. Northwestern University
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL Clinical Evaluation
of the Obese Patient Frank Greenway, MD Pennington Biomedical
Research Center Baton Rouge, LA Behavioral Techniques for
Treating the Obese Patient Rena Wing, PhD The Miriam Hospital,
Providence Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Providence, RI Amy A. Gorin, PhD Department of Psychiatry and
Human Behavior Brown Medical School Providence, RI Exercise
Strategies for the Obese Patient John M. Jakicic Ph.D. The
Miriam Hospital Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center
Providence, RI Use of Xenical to Treat Obesity Priscilla
Hollander, M.D., Ph.D. Baylor Hospital, Dallas Dallas, TX Use of
Sibutramine to Treat the Obese Patient Donna H. Ryan, M.D.
Pennington Biomedical Research Center Baton Rouge, LA Treatment
of Diabetes in the Obese Patient Jeanine Albu, M.D. Columbia
University, New York Obesity Research Center New York, NY
Surgery for the Obese Patient George L. Blackburn, MD, PhD Beth
Israel Deaconess Medical Ctr. Boston, MA Herbal Preparations for
Obesity: Are they useful? David Heber, M.D. UCLA Center for
Human Nutrition Los Angeles, CA