Abstrak :
This Is Book About History, Definitions, and Prevalence, Obesity Has Always Been with Us: A Historical Introduction,Measurement of Total Adiposity, Regional Fat Depots, and Ectopic Fat Anthropometric Indicators in Relation to the Gold Standards, Worldwide Prevalence of Obesity in Adults, Prevalence and Consequences of Pediatric Obesity,Obesity in Older Adults in the United States, Gender, Ethnic, and Geographic Variation in Adiposity , Biological Determinants of Obesity, Genetic Component to Obesity: Evidence from Genetic Epidemiology, Genes and the Predisposition to Obesity, Epigenetic Mechanisms in Obesity, Fetal and Early Postnatal Life Determinants of Adiposity, Animal Models of Obesity: Perspectives on Evolution of Strategies for Their Development and Analysis of Their Phenotypes, Animal Models of Obesity: Nonhuman Primates, CNS Regulation of Energy Balance.