Genes and Obesity

Content: 
Copyright
Page iv

Contributors
Pages xi-xii

Preface
Page xiii
Claude Bouchard

Chapter 1 - Genetics and Genomics of Obesity: Current Status
Pages 1-8
Claude Bouchard

Chapter 2 - Genes and Pathways Contributing to Obesity: A Systems Biology View
Pages 9-38
Thomas A. Drake

Chapter 3 - Genetics of Adipose Tissue Biology
Pages 39-74
Ingrid Dahlman, Peter Arner

Chapter 4 - The Genetics of Brown Adipose Tissue
Pages 75-123
Leslie P. Kozak, Robert A. Koza

Chapter 5 - Obesity in Single Gene Disorders
Pages 125-157
Philip L. Beales

Chapter 6 - A Translational View of the Genetics of Lipodystrophy and Ectopic Fat Deposition
Pages 159-196
Matthew B. Lanktree, Christopher T. Johansen, Tisha R. Joy, Robert A. Hegele

Chapter 7 - Cutting the Fat: The Genetic Dissection of Body Weight
Pages 197-212
Anthony G. Comuzzie, Paul B. Higgins, Saroja Voruganti, Shelley Cole

Chapter 8 - Genetics of Taste and Smell: Poisons and Pleasures
Pages 213-240
Danielle Renee Reed, Antti Knaapila

Chapter 9 - Genetic Findings in Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa
Pages 241-270
Anke Hinney, Susann Scherag, Johannes Hebebrand

Chapter 10 - Driven to Be Inactive?—The Genetics of Physical Activity
Pages 271-290
Trudy Moore-Harrison, J. Timothy Lightfoot

Chapter 11 - Epigenetics and Obesity
Pages 291-347
Javier Campión, Fermin Milagro, J. Alfredo Martínez

Chapter 12 - Genetics of the Metabolic Complications of Obesity
Pages 349-372
Joshua P. Lewis, Alan R. Shuldiner

Chapter 13 - Obesity: From Animal Models to Human Genetics to Practical Applications
Pages 373-389
Craig H. Warden, Janis S. Fisler

Index
Pages 391-402