| Title | : | Handbook of Obesity: Clinical Applications, Third Edition |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.65 (180 Votes) |
| Id Book | : | 142005144X |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 680 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2008-06-12 |
| Type File | : | PDF, DOC, RTF, ePub |
- The sections Etiology and Pathophysiology have been updated to reflect state-of-the-art advancements in the prevalence, etiology, and pathophysiology of obesity
- New chapters have been added and revisions made to the subjects of genetics, molecular biology, endocrine determinants of obesity, the metabolic syndrome, and the relationship between obesity and diabetes
GEORGE A. BRAY is a former Executive Director (1989-1999) and current Boyd Professor at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as well as Professor of Medicine at the LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Bray received his A.B. in Chemistry from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, and his M.D. from Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. He has served with NIH, the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, and WHO. His research interests include dietary, nutritional, and pharmacological treatment of diabetes and obesity.
CLAUDE BOUCHARD is the Executive Director of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center and holds the George A. Bray Chair in Nutrition. He holds a B.Ped. (Laval), a M.Sc. in exercise physiology (University of Oregon, Eugene), and a Ph.D. in population genetics (University of Texas, Austin). His research deals with the genetics of adaptation to exercise and to nutritional interventions as wel
Running through the text includes a ` "story" within the story' of how the Institutes were conceived and edited at various stages, and ultimately settled upon in a final form. There are lessons here that go beyond the history.. When I decided to get back in to amateur radio this year, the Handbook was one of my first purchases. Some oldies and goodies and some you may never have heard of. I should know because I'm a member.
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