Handbook of Obesity – Volume 2: Clinical Applications (5th Ed.)
Edited by George A. Bray & Claude Bouchard
Bring the cutting-edge of obesity care right into your clinic. This second volume of the fifth edition zeroes in on real-world strategies for evaluating, preventing, and treating obesity—equipping you with both the evidence base and the practical tools to improve patient outcomes.
What’s New in This Edition
- Impact of COVID-19 on obesity risk and management protocols.
- The rise of Precision Medicine: tailoring interventions to genetic, behavioral, and environmental factors.
- Breakthrough pharmacotherapies (FDA-approved GLP-1 agonists and beyond) driving 15–20 % weight loss in clinical trials.
Volume Structure & Highlights
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Prevention & Public Health
- Evolutionary and environmental drivers of obesity
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Cost-effectiveness models for large-scale prevention efforts
- Patient Evaluation & Classification
- Anthropometric and metabolic assessment tools
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Ethnic, racial and age-specific consideration
- Lifestyle Intervention
- Behavioral strategies, meal timing, and macronutrient composition
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Exercise prescription for weight loss and long-term maintenance
- Pharmacologic Management
- Overview of drug classes, combination therapies, and emerging agents
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Special populations: pediatrics, genetic obesity syndromes, dyslipidemias
- Surgical & Device-Based Therapies
- Bariatric procedures—from sleeve gastrectomy to bypass
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Novel endoscopic and neuromodulation approaches (balloons, liners, vagal stimulation)
Whether you’re a primary care physician, endocrinologist, bariatric surgeon, or allied health professional, this volume delivers clinic-ready protocols, concise checklists, and expert insights to guide every step of obesity management.
Publication Date: 1 December 2023 | ISBN-13: 978 1032551081
