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Written by an outstanding group of internationally recognized scientists representing North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia, this up-to-date overview of obesity, its research, and clinical components details topics ranging from historical perspectives, definitions, and measurement to etiology, pathophysiology, prevention, and treatment. Generously furnished with nearly 7500 references, tables, equations, drawings, and photographs, this exhaustive guide is a useful resource for physiologists, nutritionists, endocrinologists, bariatricians, dietitians, obesity research scientists, pharmaceutical researchers, psychiatrists, and graduate and medical school students in these disciplines.