History of Obesity

Obesity: Science to Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3-18

  Bray, George A ^a  

^a Pennington Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Adipocyte specific cell type; Adipose tissue structure and function; Bariatric surgery; History of obesity; Metabolism and energy balance; Restricting food intake and increasing physical activity main stays of managing obesity; Stereotactic lesioning of the lateral hypothalamus; Three anti obesity drugs in current use sibutramine, orlistat, rimonabant; Tibetan medical treatise The Blue Beryl

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960826303     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470712221.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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