Discusses important topics in the fields of obesity, nutrition and weight management.

Editor's Introduction -- Causes and Risk Factors -- Adipose tissue -- Body mass index (BMI) -- Cholesterol -- Compulsive overeating -- Fast food -- Food addiction -- Freshman fifteen -- Genetics -- High-fat diet -- Hypothalamus -- Hypothyroidism -- Leptin -- Lipids -- Menopause -- Mental Health -- Metabolism -- Race, ethnicity, culture and socioeconomic status -- Stress -- Sugar -- Sugar addiction -- Sugar-sweetened soft drinks -- Trans Fat -- Related Conditions, Diseases, and Comorbidities -- Angina -- Arterial plaque -- Bipolar disorder -- Body dysmorphic disorder -- Breast cancer recurrence -- Bulimia -- Chronic fatigue syndrome -- Colorectal cancer -- Deep vein thrombosis -- Depression -- Diabetes mellitus -- Diabetic nephropathy -- Diabetic neuropathy -- Dietary fat and risk of cancer -- Eating disorders -- Endometrial cancer -- Esophageal cancer -- Fatty liver disease, nonalcoholic -- Gout -- Heart attack -- Heart disease -- Heart failure -- Hyperlipidemia -- Hypertension -- Hypoglycemia -- Liver cancer -- Metabolic syndrome -- Osteoarthritis -- Ovarian cancer -- Pancreatic cancer -- Poor body image -- Schizophrenia -- Sleep apnea -- Stomach cancer -- Stroke -- Thyroid cancer -- Treatment and Weight Management -- Aerobics -- American Heart Association: Dietary guidelines -- Bariatric surgery -- Breakfast consumption -- Dance -- Dietary reference intakes (DRIs) -- Exercise -- Exercise for older adults -- Food labels -- Hypocaloric diet -- Ketogenic diet -- Liposuction -- Low glycemic index diet -- Managing Overweight/Obesity for Veterans Everywhere (MOVE!) -- MyPlate nutritional model -- Natural and alternative treatments -- Nutrition through the lifespan -- Overeaters Anonymous -- Sleep -- Sports -- Stress reduction -- Walking -- Weight loss medications -- Yoga -- Conditions In Depth -- Risk factors -- Reducing your risk -- Symptoms -- Screening -- Medications -- Lifestyle changes -- Surgical procedures -- Talking to your doctor --Resource guide -- Conditions In Depth: Gout -- Risk factors -- Reducing your risk -- Symptoms -- Medications -- Lifestyle changes -- Talking to your doctor -- Resource guide -- Conditions in Depth: Heart Attack -- Risk factors -- Reducing your risk -- Symptoms -- Medications -- Lifestyle changes -- Surigcal procedures -- Talking to your doctor -- Resource guide -- Conditions In Depth: Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) -- Risk factors -- Reducing your risk -- Symptoms -- Screening -- Medications -- Lifestyle changes -- Surgical procedures -- Talking to your doctor -- Resource guide -- Conditions in Depth: Sleep Apnea -- Risk factors -- Reducing your risk -- Symptoms -- Screening -- Lifestyle changes -- Surgical procedures -- Talking to your doctor -- Resource guide -- Conditions In Depth: Type 2 Diabetes -- Risk factors -- Reducing your risk -- Symptoms -- Screening -- Medications -- Lifestyle changes -- Talking to your doctor -- Resource guide -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Organizations.