Preface by Jill Trewhella
About the contributors
Introduction by Louise A. Baur, Stephen M. Twigg and Roger S.
Magnusson and Kerrie Legge
The physiological level
1. The biology of weight control by Amanda Sainsbury
2. The geometry of human nutrition by Stephen J. Simpson and David
Raubenheimer
3. Insulin resistance pathogenesis in visceral fat and gut
organisms by Yan Lam, Connie Ha and Andrew Holmes
4. Pancreatic beta-cell failure in the pathogenesis of type 1
diabetes by Alexandra Sharland
5. Pancreatic beta-cell failure in the pathogenesis of type 2
diabetes by Jenny Gunton and Christian M Girgis
Specific risk groups and settings
6. Gender and obesity by Murray Fisher and Natalie Chilko
7. Preventing chronic disease to close the gap in life expectancy
for Indigenous Australians by Alan Cass, Paul Snelling and Alex
Brown
8. The case for and against the regulation of food marketing
directed towards children by Bridget Kelly, Rohan Miller and Lesley
King
9. Benefits of developing a whole-school approach to health
promotion by Jenny O’Dea
10. Health implications of overweight and obesity in children and
adolescents by Shirley Alexander
11. Child and adolescent obesity in Asia by Mu Li and Michael J.
Dibley
Ethics, policy and regulation
12. The ethical implications of intervening in bodyweight by Stacy
M. Carter, Ian Kerridge, Lucie Rychetnik and Lesley King
13. How law and regulation can add value to prevention strategies
for obesity and diabetes by Roger S. Magnusson
14. Whole of society approaches to preventing obesity and diabetes
by Philayrath Phongsavan, Chris Rissel, Lesley King and Adrian
Bauman
Treatment
15. How self-perception, emotion and beliefs influence eating and
weight-related behaviour by Brooke Adam and Elizabeth Rieger
16. The role of physical activity in the prevention and treatment
of diabetes by Klaus Gebel, Hidde P. van der Ploeg, Maria Fiatarone
Singh and Adrian Bauman
17. Nutrition therapy in the treatment of diabetes by Jennie
Brand-Miller, and Geoffrey Ambler,
18. Current therapies and pharmacy programs for obesity and
diabetes by Carol Armour, Betty Chaar, Michael Murray, Geoffrey
Ambler, and Ines Krass
19. Diabetes healthcare strategies to cope with the growing
epidemic by Marg McGill and Jane Overland
20. Managing diabetes complications in the clinical arena by
Stephen M. Twigg, and Susan V. McLennan
21. Obesity treatment for adults, adolescents and children by Ian
Caterson, Nick Finer, Louise A Baur, and Kate Steinbeck
22. A ‘cure’ for diabetes and its complications by Kim Donaghue,
Tony Keech, Maria Craig and Philip O’Connell
Index
Researchers and clinicians from the University of Sydney join forces in this volume to discuss diabetes, obesity and their related diseases.
About the editors:
Louise A. Baur is the professor of child and adolescent health
at the University of Sydney.
Stephen M. Twigg is Kellion professor of endocrinology and Stan
Clark chair in diabetes at Sydney Medical School, the University of
Sydney.
Roger S. Magnusson is professor of health law and governance at the
University of Sydney.
'a diverse group of clinicians from the University of Sydney
dissect strategies to tackle these major health challenges ... the
authors detail the current landscape in an engaging style, listing
the causes and consequences of obesity and diabetes, as well as
prevention and treatment approaches.'
*Australian Nursing and Midwifery Journal*
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