Obesity medicine made easy / Ananda Chatterjee, MD ; foreword by Holly F. Lofton, MD.

By: Chatterjee, Ananda [author.]
Language: English Publisher: Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024Edition: First editionDescription: xvii, 92 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781032443218; 9781032443225Subject(s): Obesity Management -- methods | Healthy Lifestyle | Health BehaviorDDC classification: 616.3/98 LOC classification: RC628 | .C44 2024
Contents:
Preface Acknowledgments Author biography 1. Where are we now Notes 2. Why we should care Notes 3. What we need to understand Defining obesity Pathophysiology Causes of obesity Nonmodifiable Genetics Prenatal history Childhood Modifiable Epigenetics Medical conditions Food quantity Food quality Less movement Lack of sleep Stress Weight-gaining medications Governmental policies Food marketing Consequences of obesity Weight bias Notes 4. What can we do Assessment Treatment Lifestyle interventions When to eat How much to eat What to eat Sedentary time Aerobic activity Resistance training Sleep Stress Obesity pharmacotherapy FDA-approved medication Off-label medications Bariatric surgery Other Post-operative management Notes 5. How can we be successful Cognitive behavioral therapy Therapeutic relationship Agenda setting Self-monitoring Goal setting Motivation Accountability Contents ix Problem solving Stimulus control Social support Cognitive restructuring Education Assertiveness training Relapse prevention strategies Motivational interviewing Positive psychology Circadian rhythm Notes Index
Summary: "Obesity is a complex disease, and this brief resource offers a comprehensive review of the most recent evidence on the multitude of ways to help treat this condition. Practically oriented for the reader to understand and easily apply the knowledge to patients, it specifically focuses on the lifestyle medicine approach to obesity management. This means applying the science of nutrition, movement, sleep, and stress with the help of cognitive behavioural therapy, motivational interviewing skills, positive psychology, and the circadian rhythm. This approach is combined with information on anti-obesity medications and bariatric surgery in a concise manner, immensely useful for the busy clinician"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface

Acknowledgments

Author biography

1. Where are we now

Notes

2. Why we should care

Notes

3. What we need to understand

Defining obesity

Pathophysiology

Causes of obesity

Nonmodifiable

Genetics

Prenatal history

Childhood

Modifiable

Epigenetics

Medical conditions

Food quantity

Food quality

Less movement

Lack of sleep

Stress

Weight-gaining medications

Governmental policies

Food marketing

Consequences of obesity

Weight bias

Notes

4. What can we do

Assessment

Treatment

Lifestyle interventions

When to eat

How much to eat

What to eat

Sedentary time

Aerobic activity

Resistance training

Sleep

Stress

Obesity pharmacotherapy

FDA-approved medication

Off-label medications

Bariatric surgery

Other

Post-operative management

Notes

5. How can we be successful

Cognitive behavioral therapy

Therapeutic relationship

Agenda setting

Self-monitoring

Goal setting

Motivation

Accountability

Contents ix

Problem solving

Stimulus control

Social support

Cognitive restructuring

Education

Assertiveness training

Relapse prevention strategies

Motivational interviewing

Positive psychology

Circadian rhythm

Notes

Index

"Obesity is a complex disease, and this brief resource offers a comprehensive review of the most recent evidence on the multitude of ways to help treat this condition. Practically oriented for the reader to understand and easily apply the knowledge to patients, it specifically focuses on the lifestyle medicine approach to obesity management. This means applying the science of nutrition, movement, sleep, and stress with the help of cognitive behavioural therapy, motivational interviewing skills, positive psychology, and the circadian rhythm. This approach is combined with information on anti-obesity medications and bariatric surgery in a concise manner, immensely useful for the busy clinician"-- Provided by publisher.

Dr. Ananda Chatterjee is a Family medicine physician who is triple board certified in Family Medicine, Obesity Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine. He has also completed a Fellowship in Obesity medicine at the NYU Langone School of Medicine. His deep understanding and compassion for patients with obesity has led to a successful private practice in Portland, Oregon. Before that he was in Toronto, Canada, where his passion of obesity medicine was founded while practicing primary care and travel medicine. He has a deep understanding of the clinical guideline development process and what other physicians desire when looking for educational material. He has published in this realm of knowledge translation, including an article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) titled ‘How can Canadian guideline recommendations be tested?’. In his spare time his interests include world travel, fine dining, watching NBA and the latest binge worthy tv show.

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