Management of Pediatric Obesity and Diabetes
The twin epidemics of obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) continue to affect an ever increasing number of children, adolescents, and young adults. Management of Pediatric Obesity and Diabetes provides healthcare trainees and professionals with pra
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Nutrition ‡ and ‡ Health Adrianne Bendich, PhD, FACN, Series Editor
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Management of Pediatric Obesity and Diabetes Edited by Robert J. Ferry, Jr., MD, FAAP Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital The University of Tennessee Health Science Center St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Regional Medical Center of Memphis Memphis, TN, USA
Editor Robert J. Ferry, Jr., MD, FAAP Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital UT Health Science Center at Memphis Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism 50 North Dunlap Street Memphis, Tennessee 38103 USA [email protected]
ISBN: 978-1-60327-255-1 e-ISBN: 978-1-60327-256-8 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-256-8 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2011925845 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of going to press, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Humana Press is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Dedication
For Justin and his friends, with his parents’ deepest hopes that their futures will be more peaceful and healthier
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Management of Pediatric Obesity and Diabetes
The twin epidemics of obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) continue to affect an ever increasing number of children, adolescents, and young adults. The objective of this book is to provide you with practical, comprehensive, and contemporary approaches to the pediatric patient at risk for obesity, T2DM, and related conditions. This is the first guide to integrate basic and clinical sciences for practical approaches to the obese or diabetic pediatric patient. The chapters are sufficiently independent and concise that you can rapidly identify tools for the problem at hand by skipping to a topic of interest. To tailor this volume for a diverse audience of trainees, healthcare professionals, and policy makers, we have focused each chapter on a key clinical issue or mechanism of disease, as outlined by Dr. Bendich on her Series
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