Having been marketed to millions as a weight-loss solution, the Atkins diet is now presented as a means of preventing type 2 diabetes, a disease whose rates are skyrocketing, thanks to the prevalence of risk factors such as obesity and high lipid and bloo

Living with diabetes is a balancing act. Monitoring blood glucose, food intake, and medication is complicated, so individuals with diabetes need to understand their condition and how best to control it. "The Johns Hopkins Guide to Diabetes" is a comprehe

Emphasizing a team approach that includes the practicing podiatrist, endocrinologist, diabetologist, vascular surgeon, orthopedist, and infectious disease specialist, The High Risk Diabetic Foot provides a thorough and detailed resource on the management of complex diabetic foot problems. This comprehensive text is an essential tool that will enable physicians to reduce infections and amputations through careful examination, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. Key features in The High Risk Diabetic Foot include: A full section devoted to the prevention of amputation High-quality images for accurate diagnosis Chapters organized by epidemiology, classification and staging, diagnosis, special studies, and medical and surgical management Summary tables and flow charts for quick reference A discussion of the co-morbidities associated with diabetic foot pathology, including sensory neuropathy, painful neuropathy, peripheral vascular disease, food wounds, and more Identification of the level of medical evidence associated with treatment recommendations

In a field saturated with complex and conflicting information, this exciting new book covers information about nutrition before, during and after pregnancy in a clear and user friendly style. The author addresses all the major aspects of the subject, moving from fertility and preparing the body for pregnancy, through to nutrient metabolism, diet and pregnancy outcome, weight gain, special needs, and postpartum changes and nutrition.

This guide's evidence based approach will appeal to nutritionists and dietitians, and to many other health professionals who work with women in their childbearing years, including midwives, nurses and family practioners. Each chapter includes a useful set of appendices covering dietary requirements, nutritional composition of key foods and weight gain guidelines, as well as application in practice sections and a summary of key points.

Traditionally, nutrition textbooks have divided human nutrition into basic science, public health and clinical nutrition, however in this exciting new textbook, Professor Simon Langley–Evans spans these divisions, bringing together the full range of disciplines into one accessible book through the lifespan approach.

 From basic nutrition principles to the latest nutrition therapies for common diseases, Williams' Essentials of Nutrition & Diet Therapy, 11^th Edition offers a solid foundation in the fundamental knowledge and skills you need to provide effective patient care. Authors Eleanor Schlenker and Joyce Gilbert address nutrition across the lifespan and within the community, with an emphasis on health promotion and the effects of culture and religion on nutrition. Evidence-based information, real-world case scenarios, colorful illustrations, boxes, and tables help you learn how to apply essential nutrition concepts and therapies in clinical practice.

This book provides a concise, state-of-the art review of the surgical treatment of metabolic syndrome and diabetes mellitus.  The volume reviews what current practices in surgery and metabolic syndrome and diabetes including the biohormonal effects of the different surgeries. Isolating the effects of the different procedures is critical to the decision tree for type of procedure selected for an individual patient. Specifically for diabetes, this textbook will provide a guide for practitioners to a tailored approach to the treatment. Areas of ongoing research that highlight the minimally invasive approach as well as incorporating what we know of the biochemical results of surgery are presented.  Results of established weight loss procedures and ongoing trials are juxtaposed against some of the more novel techniques to ascertain a best practice.

Metabolic Surgery and the Surgical Treatment of Diabetes serves as a very useful resource for physicians and researchers dealing with, and interested in, this rising epidemic of metabolic syndrome and diabetes.  It  provides a concise yet comprehensive summary of the current status of the field that will help guide patient management and stimulate investigative efforts.

• Offers guidance on current nutrition treatment of a wide range of inherited metabolic diseases
• Draws on 7 years of lectures delivered through Metabolic University
• Designed to ensure ease of reference for clinicians

About this book

This up-to-date reference on the nutrition management of inherited metabolic diseases (IMD) covers a wide range of these disorders, including phenylketonuria and other aminoacidopathies, organic acidemias, urea cycle disorders, fatty acid oxidation disorders, galactosemia and glycogen storage diseases. Guidance is also provided on laboratory evaluations and biochemical testing and monitoring.

Topics such as newborn screening for IMD, as well as nutrition management during pregnancy and transplantation, are addressed. The book is based on 7 years of lectures delivered through Metabolic University – an interactive, didactic program designed to provide training to dietitians who work with individuals with IMD. This book provides the basic information required to manage nutrition care and is a resource for clinicians new to this complex field.

Table of contents (27 chapters)

·         Introduction to Genetics

Freehauf, Cynthia

Pages 3-14

·         Expanded Newborn Screening for Inherited Metabolic Diseases

Wright, Erica L.

Pages 15-23

·         Nutrition Education

Bernstein, Laurie E. (et al.)

Pages 25-33

·         Pathophysiology of Inherited Metabolic Disease

Baker, Peter R.

Pages 35-45

·         Metabolic Intoxication Syndrome in a Newborn

Giżewska, Maria

Pages 47-57

·         Anabolism: Practical Strategies

Hove, Johan L. K.

Pages 59-62

·         Protein Requirements in Inherited Metabolic Diseases

Yannicelli, Steven

Pages 63-73

·         Laboratory Evaluations in Inherited Metabolic Diseases

Coughlin, Curtis R.

Pages 75-85

·         Phenylketonuria: Phenylalanine Neurotoxicity

Giżewska, Maria

Pages 89-99

·         Phenylketonuria: The Diet Basics

Calcar, Sandy

Pages 101-116

·         Understanding Large Neutral Amino Acids and the Blood-Brain Barrier

Yannicelli, Steven

Pages 117-125

·         Tetrahydrobiopterin Therapy for Phenylketonuria

Jurecki, Elaina

Pages 127-138

·         Maternal Phenylketonuria

Rohr, Fran

Pages 139-147

·         Homocystinuria: Diagnosis and Management

Thomas, Janet A.

Pages 149-158

·         Nutrition Management of Urea Cycle Disorders

Rohr, Fran

Pages 159-171

·         Nutrition Management of Maple Syrup Urine Disease

Calcar, Sandy

Pages 173-183

·         Organic Acidemias

Thomas, Janet A.

Pages 187-201

·         Glutaric Acidemia Type I: Diagnosis and Management

Coughlin, Curtis R.

Pages 203-209

·         Nutrition Management of Glutaric Acidemia Type 1

Bernstein, Laurie E.

Pages 211-220

·         Nutrition Management of Propionic Acidemia and Methylmalonic Acidemia

Calcar, Sandy

Pages 221-228

·         Nutrition Management During Pregnancy: Maple Syrup Urine Disease, Propionic Acidemia, Methylmalonic Acidemia, and Urea Cycle Disorders

Calcar, Sandy

Pages 229-237

·         Fatty Acid Oxidation Defects

Hove, Johan L. K.

Pages 241-254

·         Nutrition Studies in Long-Chain Fatty Acid Oxidation Disorders: Diet Composition and Monitoring

Gillingham, Melanie Boyd

Pages 255-270

·         Nutrition Management of Fatty Acid Oxidation Disorders

Rohr, Fran

Pages 271-282

·         The Diet for Galactosemia

Bernstein, Laurie E. (et al.)

Pages 285-293

·         Glycogen Storage Diseases

Hove, Johan L. K.

Pages 295-305

·         Nutrition Management of Glycogen Storage Disease Type 1

Calcar, Sandy

Pages 307-317

As the worldwide prevalence of morbid obesity among adolescents continues to rise, recent years have seen a large increase in the performance of adolescent bariatric surgery. While surgical intervention often becomes necessary when conservative weight-loss therapies have failed, no standards regarding the post-operative regimen and long-term management of adolescent patients have been established. Thus, the treatment of obesity and its co-morbidities requires a multidisciplinary approach, taking into account epidemiological, clinical, nutritional and genetic aspects of morbid obesity in the pediatric age group.

This volume discusses both conventional therapy and surgical options for morbid obesity in the pediatric age group. In the first part, obesity-related diseases, genetics and psychological factors are analyzed. The second part focuses on current bariatric surgery procedures, including dietary restrictions and guidelines to prevent nutritional deficiencies common after surgery. Therefore, the book will prove an invaluable resource for pediatricians, surgeons, nutritionists, dieticians and all other health professionals who treat adolescent obesity.

This comprehensive reference work edited by one of the leading authorities on obesity presents an up-to-date survey of the current scientific understanding of the metabolic syndrome, as well as an overview of the most significant changes to the field over the past 30 years. This volume is a thorough reference for obesity and the metabolic syndrome and will prove an indispensable resource for clinicians and researchers at levels worldwide.​ The obesity epidemic has generated immense interest in recent years due to the wide-ranging and significant adverse health and economic consequences that surround the problem. Much attention has been focused on behaviors that lead to obesity, in particular to over consumption of energy-dense food and to sedentary lifestyle. However, obesity is an extremely complex condition with poorly defined pathogenesis. In addition, when combined with other comorbidities such as hypertension and dyslipidemia, obesity often leads to a patient diagnosis of metabolic syndrome, a very troubling condition that has grown, and is continuing to grow, rapidly each year in prevalence worldwide. Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of conditions ― increased blood pressure, a high blood sugar level, excess body fat around the waist and abnormal cholesterol levels ― that occur together, increasing one’s risk of heart disease, stroke and diabetes. This resource covers the full range of scientific and clinical aspects: epidemiology, genetics, environmental factors, pathophysiology, diseases associated with obesity, and clinical management