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Comprised exclusively of clinical cases illustrating current strategies for obesity management across various types of conditions, this concise, practical casebook will provide obesity medicine specialists and all physicians who treat obesity with the best real-world strategies to properly diagnose and treat patients struggling with weight management. Each section includes a pair of cases that open with a unique clinical presentation, followed by a description of the diagnosis, assessment and management technique recommended and employed, as well as the case outcome and clinical pearls and pitfalls. Cases included in the first sections depict issues involved in obesity management in metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, insulin resistance syndromes, genetic predisposition, and type 2 diabetes. Subsequent sections present cases highlighting particular management strategies, such as psychiatric medication induced weight gain, behavioral interventions, bariatric surgery and pharmacotherapy for obesity. Pragmatic and reader-friendly, Obesity Management: A Clinical Casebook is an excellent resource for physicians who treat overweight and obesity and the complications of these conditions.

Author Biography

Louis J. Aronne, MD, FACP, DABOM, Sanford I. Weill Professor of Metabolic Research, Comprehensive Weight Control Center, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USARekha B. Kumar, MD, MS, DABOM, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Comprehensive Weight Control Center, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA

Table of Contents

Part I: Metabolic Syndrome.- Identifying and Treating the Metabolic Syndrome.- Identifying Comorbidities of Obesity.- Part II: Insulin Resistance Syndromes.- A Patient of High Cardiometabolic Risk.- Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome.- Part III: Type II Diabetes and Obesity.- Diagnosing Type II Diabetes and Choosing Medications in Patients with Obesity.- Cardiovascular Outcomes Profiles of Anti-diabetes Medications.- Part IV: Psychiatric Medication-Induced Weight Gain.- Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI's) and Weight Gain.- Antipsychotic Medication Induced Weight Gain.- Part V: Behavioral Interventions.- Approach to Nutritional Therapies.- Motivational Interviewing.- Part VI: Bariatric Surgery.- Surgical Options and Criteria for Bariatric Surgery.- Postoperative Management and Nutritional Deficiencies.- Part VII: Pharmacotherapy for Obesity.- Choosing a Medication.- Anti-obesity Pharmacotherapy after Bariatric Surgery.- Part VIII: Genetic Syndromes with Obesity.- Melanocortin 4 Receptor (MC4R) Deficiency.- Prader Willi Syndrome (PWS).

Review

"This is a unique book that that provides concise, pragmatic, case-based patient vignettes addressing assessment and management issues related to patients presenting with obesity. … Overall, this book is very interesting, and it contains insights and treatment strategies from experts in the field. It is unique as a clinically based casebook and contains important and practical information for seasoned clinicians." (Robert Kushner, Doody's Book Reviews, May 03, 2019)

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"This is a unique book that that provides concise, pragmatic, case-based patient vignettes addressing assessment and management issues related to patients presenting with obesity. ... Overall, this book is very interesting, and it contains insights and treatment strategies from experts in the field. It is unique as a clinically based casebook and contains important and practical information for seasoned clinicians." (Robert Kushner, Doody's Book Reviews, May 03, 2019)

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A case-based, practical guide to common themes and strategies in obesity management across various conditions Discusses metabolic and insulin resistance syndromes, type 2 diabetes, as well as behavioral interventions, bariatric surgery and pharmacotherapy An excellent resource for practicing endocrinologists and primary care physicians

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