Definitions and prevalence -- How do we get fat?: an epidemiological and metabolic approach -- Costs, pathology, and health risks of obesity and the metabolic syndrome -- Natural history of obesity: differential diagnosis, clinical types, and age-related changes -- Evaluation, prevention, and introduction to treatment -- Diet -- Behavior modification -- Physical activity and exercise in the obese -- Pharmacological treatment of the overweight patient -- Should we treat the metabolic syndrome or its components? -- Surgical treatment for the overweight patient.
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Definitions and prevalence -- How do we get fat?: an epidemiological and metabolic approach -- Costs, pathology, and health risks of overweight and the metabolic syndrome -- Natural history of overweight: differential diagnosis clinical types, and age-related changes -- Evaluation prevention and introduction to treatment -- Diet -- Behavior modification -- Physical activity and exercise in the overweight -- Pharmacological treatment of the overweight patient -- Should we treat the metabolic syndrome or its complications? -- Surgical treatment for the overweight.