The Metabolic Syndrome

This new edition incorporates recent developments and discoveries to provide a timely overview. CONTENTS 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 ).