Contents
- Preface
- About the contributors
- Introduction
- The physiological level
- 1 The biology of weight control
- Amanda Sainsbury
- 2 The geometry of human nutrition
- Stephen J Simpson and David Raubenheimer
- 3 Insulin resistance pathogenesis in visceral fat and gut organisms
- Yan Lam, Connie Ha and Andrew Holmes
- 4 Pancreatic beta-cell failure in the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes
- Alexandra Sharland
- 5 Pancreatic beta-cell failure in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes
- Jenny Gunton and Christian M Girgis
- Specific risk groups and settings
- 6 Gender and obesity
- Murray Fisher and Natalie Chilko
- 7 Preventing chronic disease to close the gap in life expectancy for Indigenous Australians
- Alan Cass, Paul Snelling and Alex Brown
- 8 The case for and against the regulation of food marketing directed towards children
- Bridget Kelly, Rohan Miller and Lesley King
- 9 Benefits of developing a whole-school approach to health promotion
- Jenny O’Dea
- 10 Health implications of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents
- Shirley Alexander
- 11 Child and adolescent obesity in Asia
- Mu Li and Michael J Dibley
- Ethics, policy and regulation
- 12 The ethical implications of intervening in bodyweight
- 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
- Roger S Magnusson
- 14 Whole of society approaches to preventing obesity and diabetes
- Philayrath Phongsavan, Chris Rissel, Lesley King and Adrian Bauman
- Treatment
- 15 How self-perception, emotion and beliefs influence eating and weight-related behaviour
- Brooke Adam and Elizabeth Rieger
- 16 The role of physical activity in the prevention and treatment of diabetes
- Klaus Gebel, Hidde P van der Ploeg, Maria Fiatarone Singh and Adrian Bauman
- 17 Nutrition therapy in the treatment of diabetes
- Jennie Brand-Mille and Geoffrey Ambler
- 18 Current therapies and pharmacy programs for obesity and diabetes
- Carol Armour, Betty Chaar, Michael Murray, Geoffrey Ambler and Ines Krass
- 19 Diabetes healthcare strategies to cope with the growing epidemic
- Marg McGill and Jane Overland
- 20 Managing diabetes complications in the clinical arena
- Stephen M Twigg, and Susan V McLennan
- 21 Obesity treatment for adults, adolescents and children
- Ian Caterson, Nick Finer, Louise A Baur, and Kate Steinbeck
- 22 A ‘cure’ for diabetes and its complications
- Kim Donaghue, Tony Keech, Maria Craig and Philip O’Connell
- Index
- About the Author
- Copyright