Anatomy, Historical Perspective and Epidemiology.- Functional Anatomy of the \'Adipose Organ\'.- Body Silhouette and Body Fat Distribution.- Historic Views on Cachexia in Humans with Special Reference to Cardiac Cachexia.- Epidemiology of Cachexia.- Biochemistry, Physiology and \'Clinics\' of Adipose Tissue.- Energy Values of Foods.- Diet-Induced Thermogenesis.- Assessment of Nutritional Status.- Biochemical Parameters of Nutrition.- Nitrogen Balance and Protein Requirements: Definition and Measurements.- Plasma Proteins and Protein Catabolism.- Nutritional Status Assessment.- Immunological Parameters of Nutrition.- Functional Parameters of Nutrition.- The Different Features of Wasting in Humans.- Anorexia.- Starvation: Social, Voluntary, and Involuntary Causes of Weight Loss.- Cachexia Related to Multiple Causes.- Non-AIDS Lipodystrophy Syndrome.- Pathophysiology of Wasting/Cachexia.- Body Composition: Physiology, Pathophysiology and Methods of Evaluation.- Protein Metabolism in Cachexia.- Lipid Metabolism in Cachexia.- Glucose Metabolism.- Cytokines in Cachexia.- Cytokines in Chronic Inflammation.- Biochemistry of the Growth Hormone-Releasing Peptides, Secretagogues and Ghrelin.- Ghrelin as a New Factor in the Central Network Controlling Appetite and Food Intake.- Leptin and Des-acyl Ghrelin: Their Role in Physiological Body Weight Regulation and in the Pathological State.- Brain Mechanisms in Wasting and Cachexia.- Body Weight Regulation and Hypothalamic Neuropeptides.- Medical Causes of Wasting/Cachexia.- Diabetes.- Endocrine Disorders.- Psychiatric Diseases and Depression.- Cachexia in Chronic Kidney Disease: Malnutrition-Inflammation Complex and Reverse Epidemiology.- Gastrointestinal Diseases.- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Treatment of COPD-Related Cachexia.- Cachexia in Cardiovascular Illness.- Cachexia and Ageing.- Epidemiology of Malnutrition in the Elderly.- Pathophysiology of Body Composition Changes in Elderly People.- The Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Drugs in Elderly Cachectic (Cancer) Patients.- Pathophysiology of Cachexia in the Elderly.- Cytokines and Disability in Older Adults.- Cachexia and HIV Infection/AIDS.- HIV Infection-Related Cachexia and Lipodystrophy.- Treatment of AIDS Anorexia-Cachexia Syndrome and Lipodystrophy.- Cancer-Related Cachexia.- Cancer Cachexia and Fat Metabolism.- The Role of Cytokines in Cancer Cachexia.- Proinflammatory Cytokines: Their Role in Multifactorial Cancer Cachexia.- Proteolysis-Inducing Factor in Cancer Cachexia.- Lipid Mobilising Factor in Cancer Cachexi.- Dietary Intake, Resting Energy Expenditure, Weight Loss, and Survival in Cancer Patients.- The Ubiquitin/Proteasome System in Cancer Cachexia.- Non-Gl-Malignancy-Related Malabsorption Leads to Malnutrition and Weight Loss.- Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Cancer Anorexia, and Hypothalamic Gene Expression.- The Role of Pineal Hormone Melatonin in Cancer Cachexia.- Eating-Related Distress of Patients with Advanced, Incurable Cancer and of Their Partners.- Challenges of Geriatric Oncology.- Treatment of Cancer Cachexia.- The Current Management of Cancer Cachexia.- The Role of Artificial Nutrition Support in the Cancer Patient.- The Role of Appetite Stimulants for Cancer-Related Weight Loss.- Palliative Management of Anorexia/Cachexia and Associated Symptoms.- Pharmaco-Nutritional Supports for the Treatment of Cancer Cachexia.- A Critical Assessment of the Outcome Measures and Goals of Intervention in Cancer Cachexia.- Meeting the Amino Acid Requirements for Protein Anabolism in Cancer Cachexia.- The Role of Branched-Chain Amino Acids and Serotonin Antagonists in the Prevention and Treatment of Cancer Cachexia.- An Update on Therapeutics: The Cancer Anorexia/Weight Loss Syndrome in Advanced Cancer Patients.- Medroxyprogesterone Acetate in Cancer Cachexia.- Progestagens and Corticosteroids in the Management Cancer Cachexia.- COX-2 Inhibitors in Cancer Cachexia.- Anti-TNF-? Antibody and Cancer Cachexia.- A Ph