AM:STARs: Obesity and Diabetes in the Adolescent (AM:STARs: Adolescent Medicine: State of the Art Reviews) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1581109377 ISBN 13: 9781581109375

Verlag: American Academy of Pediatrics, 2017

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Reseña del editor:

AM:STARs is the official publication of the AAP Section on Adolescent Health. Published three times per year, it offers adolescent specialists and primary care physicians with timely information on matters relating to adolescent health and wellness. This title features a discussion on obesity and diabetes in the adolescent. The AM:STARs Obesity and Diabetes in the Adolescent covers a wide variety of topics including: * Type I and Type II diabetes - diagnosis/evaluation/treatment & future treatments being developed; how to distinguish between type I and type II. * Insulin resistance. * Pre-Diabetes and the metabolic syndrome. * Dyslipidemia evaluation and treatment. * Disorders of growth and puberty in obesity. * Overlooked complications of obesity. * Laboratory evaluation of obesity. * Nutritional management of obesity. * Hypertension and Sleep Apnea. * Behavioral approaches in adolescent weight management. * Weight bias/stigma in overweight adolescents. * Adolescent weight management in the primary care setting. * Physical activity promotion in the adolescent patient. * Genetics of obesity.

Biografía del autor:

The Section on Adolescent Health (SOAH) provides an educational, representative forum for pediatricians who are interested in the health care of adolescents, and enables members to meet for the purpose of initiation, discussion and development of ideas and programs which will improve the health care of young people in their second decade of life. It provides an educational forum for the membership at large in expanding their basic pediatric knowledge and skills to include the adolescent patient.

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• Verlag: American Academy of Pediatrics
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1581109377
• ISBN 13: 9781581109375
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 250
• Herausgeber: Bolling Christopher F., Dedekian Michael