Research Catalog

Title

Obesity treatment : establishing goals, improving outcomes, and reviewing the research agenda / edited by David B. Allison and F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer.

Publication

New York : Plenum Press, c1995.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Allison, David B.
• NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Obesity Treatment (1993 : New York, N.Y.)
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Scientific Affairs Division.
• Pi-Sunyer, F. Xavier.

Description

xi, 278 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

Series Statement

NATO ASI series. Series A, Life sciences ; v. 278

Uniform Title

NATO ASI series. Series A, Life sciences ; v. 278.

Subject

• Obesity > Congresses
• Obesity > therapy

Genre/Form

Congress.

Note

• "Proceedings of a NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Obesity Treatment, held June 2-5, 1993, in New York, New York"--T.p. verso.
• "Published in cooperation with NATO Scientific Affairs Division."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• In Search of Optimal Weights for U.S. Men and Women / T. B. VanItallie and E. A. Lew -- What Is the Weight Required for Substantial Health Gains? / S. B. Heymsfield -- Defining Socially and Psychologically Desirable Body Weights and the Psychological Consequences of Weight Loss and Regain / D. M. Garner -- Reasonable Weights: Determinants, Definitions and Directions / G. D. Foster -- Is Weight Stability Itself a Reasonable Goal? / A. M. Prentice -- Regression Change Models with Incomplete Repeated Measures Data in Obesity Research / J. J. McArdle and D. B. Allison -- Are There People Who Do Not Need to Lose Weight: The Role of Body Fat Distribution and Implications from Diabetes Research / S. M. Haffner -- The Effect of Central Fat Distribution on Cardiovascular Disease / F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer -- Is Self-Acceptance a Reasonable Goal? / S. C. Wooley -- Cultural Factors in Desirable Body Shapes and Their Impact on Weight Loss and Maintenance / S. Kumanyika --
• Why Should Patients Be Matched to Treatments, How May It Occur, and How Can It Be Studied? / J. Garrow -- Treatment Options and the Maintenance of Weight Loss / L. A. Campfield -- Why Do People Fail to Maintain Weight Loss? / J. S. Rossi -- What Characterizes Successful Weight Maintainers? / T. A. Wadden -- Application of Behavioral Economic Principles to Treatment of Childhood Obesity / L. H. Epstein -- Psychosocial Predictors of Obesity: Implications for Prevention / T. I. A. Sorensen -- The Role of Exercise in Weight Maintenance / J. O. Hill -- Diet, Palatability, and Dietary Implications of Long-Term Weight Maintenance / B. J. Rolls -- Influence of the Diet's Macronutrient Composition on Weight Maintenance / J. P. Flatt -- What Are Our Therapeutic Options? / R. R. Wing -- Potential Side Costs and Side Benefits of Pharmacological Treatment of Obesity / T. Andersen -- Drug Treatment of Obesity: The Argument in Favor / G. A. Bray --
• Predicting Treatment Outcome, Genetics, Neuroendocrinology, and Methodological Issues / S. Heshka -- Behavioral and Psychological Predictors of Treatment Outcome in Obesity / G. T. Wilson -- Predicting Treatment Outcome: Why We Have Been So Unsuccessful / D. B. Allison and C. N. Engel -- Prediction in Weight Management Outcome: Implications for Practice / J. P. Foreyt and G. K. Goodrick -- Neuroendocrine Aspects of Human Obesity and Fat Distribution: Potential for Intervention / P. Bjorntorp -- Social Stress Effects on Regional Fat Distribution in Male and Female Monkeys / J. M. Jayo, C. Shively, T. Clarkson and J. Kaplan -- The Search for Obesity Genes / R. A. Price -- Defining the Genetic Basis of Obesity: Challenges and Opportunities / C. Bouchard -- Research Design and Methods to Study the Genetic Epidemiology of Obesity / M. C. Neale and L. Eaves -- Modeling and Data Analysis for Longitudinal Dietary Intervention / R. M. Elashoff and K. M. Leung --
• Multilevel Analysis in Obesity Research / D. Rindskopf.

ISBN

0306451158

LCCN

95035961

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries