Izdanie prednaznacheno dlia pediatrov, vrachei obshchei praktiki, gastroenterologov, endokrinologov, klinicheskikh ordinatorov, internov i studentov starshikh kursov. V knige opisyvaiutsia osnovy patogeneza ozhireniia u detei, rol pishchevaritelnoi sistemy v razvitii narushenii pishchevogo povedeniia, lipidnogo obmena i formirovaniia izbytochnoi massy tela, ozhireniia i metabolicheskogo sindroma. Predstavlen obzor sovremennykh metodov konservativnogo i khirurgicheskogo vozdeistviia na organy pishchevareniia s tceliu korrektcii izbytochnoi massy tela i metabolicheskogo sindroma. Daetsia otcenka riska vozniknoveniia zabolevanii organov pishchevareniia kak organov-mishenei ozhireniia i opisyvaiutsia osobennosti klinicheskogo techeniia assotciirovannykh s nim nozologicheskikh form.