Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Abdominal Obesity (eBook)

Ronald Ross Watson (Herausgeber)

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2014 | 1. Auflage
560 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-12-407934-2 (ISBN)

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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. - Offers detailed, well-documented reviews outlining the various dietary approaches to visceral obesity with their benefits and failures - Includes chapters on types of foods, exercise, and supplements in reducing obesity and its chronic clinical companions, especially diabetes and cardiovascular disease - Helps nutritionists, dieticians, and healthcare providers approach patients in making decision about nutritional therapies and clinical treatments for abdominal obesity, from an evidence-based perspective

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Contributors

Machiko Aoki, MD, PhD     Department of Pediatrics, Aoki Clinic of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine & Pediatrics, Fukuoka, Japan.

Inmaculada Bautista-Castaño, MD, PhD     Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain Biomedical Research Center Network on Obesity and Nutrition (CIBERobn) Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition, Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.

Paolo Bertassello, MD     Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Verona, Ospedale Maggiore, Verona, Italy.

Stephan C. Bischoff, MD, Prof.     Institute of Nutritional Medicine, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany.

Rafael Calpena, MD, PhD     Department of Surgery, Bariatric Surgery Unit, General University Hospital Elche, Alicante, Spain.

Eric Campbell     Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.

Raquel Canuto, PhD

Department of Nutrition, University of Vale do Rios dos Sinos, RS, Brazil.

Department of Nutrition, University of Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil.

Thomas W. Castonguay, PhD     Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.

Karine Clément, MD, PhD     Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition, ICAN, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital; Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, CRNH-Ile de France, Paris, France.

Anderson da Silva Garcez, MD     Postgraduate Program in Collective Health, University of Vale do Rios dos Sinos, RS, Brazil.

Antje Damms-Machado, PhD     Institute of Nutritional Medicine, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany.

Roberta D’Aniello, MD     Department of Medicine and Surgery, Medical School of Salerno, Baronissi, Salerno, Italy.

Giuseppe D’Antona, MD, PhD     Department of Molecular Medicine and the Laboratory for the Study of Motor Activities in Rare Diseases, University of Pavia, Voghera, Italy.

Sylwia Dzięgielewska-Gęsiak     Department of Internal Diseases, Silesian Medical University, Katowice, Poland.

Magdy El-Salhy, MD, PhD

Section for Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Stord Helse-Fonna Hospital, Norway.

Section for Gastroenterology, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Norway.

Francesco Fantin, MD, PhD     Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Verona, Ospedale Maggiore, Verona, Italy.

Laura E. Finch, B.S. Cornell University     Department of Psychology, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Carmine Finelli, MD, PhD     INT “Fondazione Pascale” - Cancer Research Center of Mercogliano, Mercogliano (AV), Italy.

Gershon Fink, MD     Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel.

Yuya Fujishima, MD     Department of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.

Marta Garaulet, PhD, Full Professor of Physiology, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain.

Danijela Gasevic, MD     Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.

Eliana Geller     Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.

Sonia Gómez-Martínez, PhD, Research officer     Department of Metabolism and Nutrition, Institute of Food Science, Technology and Nutrition, Spanish National Research Council, Madrid, Spain.

Doris Gundersen, PhD     Department of Research, Helse-Fonna, Haugesund, Norway.

Martin Hagger     School of Public Health; Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute; Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.

Takashi Hamajima, MD     Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Aichi Children’s Health and Medical Center, Motiokamachi, Obu, Aichi, Japan.

Jan Gunnar Hatlebakk, MD, PhD

Section for Gastroenterology, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Norway.

Section for Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Haukland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.

Trygve Hausken, MD, PhD

Section for Gastroenterology, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Norway.

Section for Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Haukland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.

Suleen Ho, PhD, Hons     School of Public Health, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.

Lyndsey M. Hornbuckle, PhD, RD     Department of Exercise Science and Sport Management, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia, USA.

Masashi Hosokawa     Faculty of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, Hakodate, Japan.

Samantha M. Hudgins     Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.

Gary R. Hunter, PhD     Department of Human Studies, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.

Monica Jane, BSc     School of Public Health, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.

J. Philip Karl, MS, RD     Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boson, MA, USA.

Nadia Khan MD, MSc     Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Simi Kohli, MD, MSc     Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.

Teresa Kokot, MD, PhD     Department of Internal Diseases, Silesian Medical University, Katowice, Poland.

Pascal Laurant, PhD     Laboratoire Pharm-Ecologie Cardiovasculaire, UFRip Sciences Technologies Santé, Université d’Avignon et des Pays du Vaucluse, Avignon, France.

Scott A. Lear, PhD     Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Marie-Ève Leblanc, RN, MSc     Faculty of Pharmacy, Université Laval and Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.

Myoungsook Lee, PhD     Department of Food and Nutrition, and Research Institute of Obesity Sciences, Sungshin Women’s University, Seoul, Korea.

Zecharia Madar     Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel.

Norikazu Maeda, MD, PhD     Department of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.

Ascensión Marcos     Department of Metabolism and Nutrition, Institute of Food Science, Technology and Nutrition, Spanish National Research Council, Madrid, Spain.

David Martínez-Gómez, PhD, Associate lecturer     Department of Physical Education, Sports and Human Movement, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.

Grazia Massa, RD     Department of Medicine and Surgery, Medical School of Salerno, Baronissi, Salerno, Italy.

Michal M. Masternak, PhD     University of Central Florida, Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Orlando, FL, USA.

Niina Matikainen, MD, PhD     Department of Endocrinology and Cardiovascular Research Unit, Heart and Lung Center, Helsinki University Central Hospital, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

Michele L. McCarroll, PhD     Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Summa...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.2.2014
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe ► Diätassistenz / Ernährungsberatung
• Themenwelt: Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Endokrinologie
• Themenwelt: Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Kardiologie / Angiologie
• Themenwelt: Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Biochemie / Molekularbiologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Lebensmitteltechnologie
• ISBN-10: 0-12-407934-2 / 0124079342
• ISBN-13: 978-0-12-407934-2 / 9780124079342