The Metabolic Syndrome 2E

Contributors from a wide range of medical specialties explain the metabolic syndrome, the various conditions that comprise it, and its link to diabetes and other conditions. The topics include developmental origins of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes, endocrine aspects, brain insulin resistance, cardio-respiratory fitness, mental illness, inflammation, adipocytokine dysregulation and obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, polycystic ovary syndrome, the relevance of nutrition in developing and treating the metabolic syndrome, and treatments. The first edition was published in 2005. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Christopher Byrne trained as a physician and clinical scientist at Cardiff, Cambridge and Stanford Universities. After Medical Research Council clinical science fellowships he was appointed Professor of Endocrinology & Metabolism at Southampton University Hospitals Trust, UK. He is an academic diabetologist with clinical and molecular research interests in the pathogenesis of the metabolic syndrome, and the mechanisms linking metabolic syndrome with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. His publications span a range of disciplines from epidemiological to gene expression studies. He has had 112 articles published (PubMed)

Sarah Wild trained in medicine in London and Cambridge and subsequently received training in epidemiology at Stanford University and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She is currently senior lecturer in epidemiology at the University of Edinburgh. Her research interests include the global burden of diabetes and metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular epidemiology.She has had 31 articles published (PubMed)

List of Contributors.

Foreword.

Preface.

1 The Epidemiology of the Metabolic Syndrome and its Association with Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease and Other Conditions (Sarah H. Wild and Christopher D. Byrne).

2 Metabolic Syndrome and Ethnicity (Thérèse Tillin and Nita G. Forouhi).

3 Developmental Origins of Endothelial Dysfunction: A Key Step in Cardiometabolic Disease (Christopher Torrens, Geraldine F. Clough and Mark A Hanson).

4 Developmental Origins of Insulin Resistance and Type 2 Diabetes (Susan E. Ozanne and Kenneth Siddle).

5 The Metabolic Syndrome in Children (Ram Weiss and Sonia Caprio).

6 Assessment of Insulin Sensitivity (Julia Szendroedi, Esther Phielix and Michael Roden).

7 Recent Progress in Identifying Genes Contributing to Type 2 Diabetes (Weijia Xie, Timothy M Frayling and Michael N Weedon).

8 Endocrine Aspects of the Metabolic Syndrome (Richard I.G. Holt and Peter Sönksen).

9 Brain Insulin Resistance (Katharine F Hunt, Yee Seun Cheah and Stephanie A Amiel).

10 Cardiorespiratory Fitness and the Metabolic Syndrome (Paul A. McAuley and Steven N. Blair).

11 Metabolic Syndrome and Mental Illness (Richard I.G. Holt and Robert C Peveler).

12 Atherothrombosis and the Metabolic Syndrome (Kristina F Standeven and Peter J Grant).

13 Inflammation and Metabolic Syndrome (Sridevi Devaraj, David Siegel and Ishwarlal Jialal).

14 Adipocytokine Dysregulation, Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome (Ulf Smith and Xiaolin Yang).

15 Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (Mohammed H. Ahmed and Christopher D. Byrne).

16 Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (Naveed Sattar).

17 Nutrition: Its Relevance in Development and Treatment of the Metabolic Syndrome (Jim Mann and Lisa Te Morenga).

18 Non-Surgical Treatments for the Metabolic Syndrome (Markolf Hanefeld U Schatz, and Frank Schaper).

19 Metabolic/Bariatric Surgery Therapy for the Metabolic Syndrome (Henry Buchwald).