WITH ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Sarah Armstrong, MD
Professor of Pediatrics and Population Health Sciences
Duke University
Durham, NC, USA
Arianne N. Sweeting, MBBS, BSC, GRADDIP HL, PHD, FRACP
Staff Specialist Endocrinologist
Department of Endocrinology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Boden Initiative, Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
John P.H. Wilding, DM, FRCP
Professor of Medicine & Honorary Consultant Physician
Department of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine
Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences
University of Liverpool
Aintree University Hospital Liverpool, UK
This edition first published 2022
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Names: Kopelman, Peter G., editor. | Caterson, Ian D., editor. | Dietz, William H., editor.
Title: Clinical obesity in adults and children / edited by Peter G. Kopelman, Ian D. Caterson, William H. Dietz ; with associate editors, Sarah Armstrong, Arianne Sweeting, John Wilding.
Description: Fourth edition. | Hoboken, N. J. : Wiley‐Blackwell, 2022. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021043980 (print) | LCCN 2021043981 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119695271 (cloth) | ISBN 9781119695301 (adobe pdf) | ISBN 9781119695325 (epub)
Subjects: MESH: Obesity | Adult | Child
Classification: LCC RA645.O23 (print) | LCC RA645.O23 (ebook) | NLM QU 248.1 | DDC 616.3/98–dc23
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List of Contributors
Henry W. Ainge‐Allen Sleep and Circadian Research Group (CIRUS) Woolcock Institute of Medical Research University of Sydney Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and Centre for Respiratory Failure and Sleep Disorders Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Dalal Al‐Bazz Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Aintree University Hospital Liverpool, UK
Steve Allender GLOBE (Global Obesity Centre) Deakin University Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Yvonne Anderson Department of Paediatrics, Child and Youth Health Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences University of Auckland Auckland, New Zealand
Sarah Armstrong Professor of Pediatrics and Population Health Sciences Duke University Durham, NC, USA
Simon Barquera Centro de Investigación en Nutrición y Salud Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública Cuernavaca, Mexico
