Table of Contents: 

Chapter 1.     Changing Epidemiology of Obesity-- Implications for Diabetes

Chapter 2.     The Genetics of Human Obesity

Chapter 3.     Lifestyle Determinants of Obesity

Chapter 4.     Pathogenesis of Obesity-Related Type 2 Diabetes

Chapter 5.     Obesity and Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes

Chapter 6.     Diet and Food-Based Therapies for Obesity in Diabetic Patients

Chapter 7.     Behavioral Modification in the Treatment of Obesity

Chapter 8.     Physical Activity, Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes

Chapter 9.     Diabetes, Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease-- Therapeutic Implications

Chapter 10.   Drug Therapy for the Obese Diabetic Patient

Chapter 11.   The Role of Bariatric Surgery in the Management of Type 2 Diabetes

Chapter 12.   Childhood Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes

Chapter 13.   Obesity and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Chapter 14.   Management of Diabesity in Primary Care:  A Multidisciplinary Approach