Contents



Preface

Due to the increasing prevalence of eating disorders and obesity, weight management has become a crucial skill in current medical and psychotherapeutic practice. It requires knowledge of physical, psychological and social factors that influence body weight, clinical experience and the courage to try new therapeutic approaches such as novel diets and innovative psychological therapies, medications, anti-obesity devices or music therapy. This book covers the underpinnings and the pathophysiology of weight-related disorders, their far-reaching consequences and evidence-based as well

With great pleasure I have received in-depth, informative and exciting contributions from different disciplines by authors from Germany, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Italy, Perú, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. Thus, I would like to thank all authors for their wonderful chapters and their hard work.

**Hubertus Himmerich**

King's College London,

London, UK

Department of Psychological Medicine,

I would also like to thank IntechOpen and specifically Ms. Sandra Maljavac for

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making this scientific book project possible.
