| Abdominal Obesity and the Endocannabinoid System: From Basic Aspects to Clinical Management of Related Cardiometabolic Risk Contributor(s): Despres, Jean-Pierre (Editor), Di Marzo, Vincenzo (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1420060848 ISBN-13: 9781420060843 Publisher: CRC Press OUR PRICE: $199.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2008 Annotation: This internationally renowned author team provides a unique and thorough analysis and distillation of the endocannabinoid system and its relationship to abdominal obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. The endocannabinoid system (ECS) plays an important role in cardiometabolic risk, as well as modulating energy balance, feeding behavior, hepatic lipogenesis, and perhaps glucose homeostasis. Evidence suggests that the ECS is overactive in human obesity and dyslipidemia. Critical to the management of cardiometabolic risk, this new, timely book provides practical overviews and management guidance on many important topics, including: |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Endocrinology & Metabolism - Medical | Health Care Delivery - Medical | Cardiology |
| Dewey: 362.196 |
| LCCN: 2008042736 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 7.1" W x 9.9" (1.55 lbs) 264 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This internationally renowned author team provides a unique and thorough analysis and distillation of the endocannabinoid system and its relationship to abdominal obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. The endocannabinoid system (ECS) plays an important role in cardiometabolic risk, as well as modulating energy balance, feeding behavior, hepatic lipogenesis, and perhaps glucose homeostasis. Evidence suggests that the ECS is overactive in human obesity and dyslipidemia. Critical to the management of cardiometabolic risk, this new, timely book provides practical overviews and management guidance on many important topics, including:
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