Byrne Christopher D., Wild Sarah H. (eds.) The Metabolic Syndrome

2nd edition. — Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. — 378 p.The Metabolic Syndrome is a valuable reference text, covering all aspects of the metabolic syndrome and its constituent diseases including inflammation, oxidation and adipocytokines. This book explains the aetiology, pathogenesis and clinical treatment of all risk factors as well as the relationship with diabetes, non alcoholic fatty liver disease, polycystic ovary syndrome and coronary heart disease.The Epidemiology of the Metabolic Syndrome and its Association with Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease and Other Conditions
Metabolic Syndrome and Ethnicity
Developmental Origins of Endothelial Dysfunction: A Key Step in Cardiometabolic Disease
Developmental Origins of Insulin Resistance and Type 2 Diabetes
The Metabolic Syndrome in Children
Assessment of Insulin Sensitivity
Recent Progress in Identifying Genes Contributing to Type 2 Diabetes
Endocrine Aspects of the Metabolic Syndrome
Brain Insulin Resistance
Cardiorespiratory Fitness and the Metabolic Syndrome
Metabolic Syndrome and Mental Illness
Atherothrombosis and the Metabolic Syndrome
Inflammation and Metabolic Syndrome
Adipocytokine Dysregulation, Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome
Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Nutrition: Its Relevance in Development and Treatment of the Metabolic Syndrome
Non-Surgical Treatments for the Metabolic Syndrome
Metabolic/Bariatric Surgery Therapy for the Metabolic Syndrome