Contents

  1. Preface
  2. About the contributors
  3. Introduction
  4. The physiological level
  5. 1 The biology of weight control
  6. Amanda Sainsbury
  7. 2 The geometry of human nutrition
  8. Stephen J Simpson and David Raubenheimer
  9. 3 Insulin resistance pathogenesis in visceral fat and gut organisms
  10. Yan Lam, Connie Ha and Andrew Holmes
  11. 4 Pancreatic beta-cell failure in the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes
  12. Alexandra Sharland
  13. 5 Pancreatic beta-cell failure in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes
  14. Jenny Gunton and Christian M Girgis
  15. Specific risk groups and settings
  16. 6 Gender and obesity
  17. Murray Fisher and Natalie Chilko
  18. 7 Preventing chronic disease to close the gap in life expectancy for Indigenous Australians
  19. Alan Cass, Paul Snelling and Alex Brown
  20. 8 The case for and against the regulation of food marketing directed towards children
  21. Bridget Kelly, Rohan Miller and Lesley King
  22. 9 Benefits of developing a whole-school approach to health promotion
  23. Jenny O’Dea
  24. 10 Health implications of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents
  25. Shirley Alexander
  26. 11 Child and adolescent obesity in Asia
  27. Mu Li and Michael J Dibley
  28. Ethics, policy and regulation
  29. 12 The ethical implications of intervening in bodyweight
  30. Stacy M Carter, Ian Kerridge, Lucie Rychetnik and Lesley King
  31. 13 How law and regulation can add value to prevention strategies for obesity and diabetes
  32. Roger S Magnusson
  33. 14 Whole of society approaches to preventing obesity and diabetes
  34. Philayrath Phongsavan, Chris Rissel, Lesley King and Adrian Bauman
  35. Treatment
  36. 15 How self-perception, emotion and beliefs influence eating and weight-related behaviour
  37. Brooke Adam and Elizabeth Rieger
  38. 16 The role of physical activity in the prevention and treatment of diabetes
  39. Klaus Gebel, Hidde P van der Ploeg, Maria Fiatarone Singh and Adrian Bauman
  40. 17 Nutrition therapy in the treatment of diabetes
  41. Jennie Brand-Mille and Geoffrey Ambler
  42. 18 Current therapies and pharmacy programs for obesity and diabetes
  43. Carol Armour, Betty Chaar, Michael Murray, Geoffrey Ambler and Ines Krass
  44. 19 Diabetes healthcare strategies to cope with the growing epidemic
  45. Marg McGill and Jane Overland
  46. 20 Managing diabetes complications in the clinical arena
  47. Stephen M Twigg, and Susan V McLennan
  48. 21 Obesity treatment for adults, adolescents and children
  49. Ian Caterson, Nick Finer, Louise A Baur, and Kate Steinbeck
  50. 22 A ‘cure’ for diabetes and its complications
  51. Kim Donaghue, Tony Keech, Maria Craig and Philip O’Connell
  52. Index
  53. About the Author
  54. Copyright