Obesity ─ Evaluation and Treatment Essentials

This book presents the practical management of obesity that includes exercise, pharmacology, behavior modification, and dietary factors, from the point of view of the practicing physician, multidisciplinary team of clinicians and researchers. This comprehensive resource is an invaluable, user-friendly tool for physicians and surgeons, endocrinologists, diabetologists, and nutritionists. The new edition includes an up-to-date chapter on the pharmacology of bariatric medicine that addresses various dietary intervention approaches.

Edited by

G. Michael Steelman, MD, FASBP, is board certified in bariatric medicine, family practice, anti-aging medicine, and neuro-linguistic programming. Dr. Steelman is the past president of The American Society of Bariatric Physicians. He served on the advisory board of the American Obesity Association, was Medical Director of Eating Disorders at Mercy Health System of Oklahoma, and to C. Everett Koop, the former Surgeon General. Dr. Steelman has worked in private practice for over 30 years and runs the renowned Steelman Clinic in Oklahoma City. He was editor of The American Journal of Bariatric Medicineand was twice named Bariatrician of the Year by the American Society of Bariatric Physicians.

Eric C. Westman, MD, MHS, is an associate professor of medicine and director of the Lifestyle Medicine Clinic at Duke University Health System in Durham, North Carolina. Dr. Westman received his medical degree from the University of Wisconsin and completed his internal medicine residency at the University of Kentucky. He also received a master’s degree in biostatistics during a General Medicine Fellowship at Duke University Medical Center. He is a fellow of The Obesity Society and the Society of General Internal Medicine. Dr. Westman is Chairman of the Board of the Obesity Medicine Association (formerly ASBP), and has received the Steelman-Seim Educator Award for advancing the cause of health care through education and teaching. He is board certified in obesity medicine and internal medicine.