OUR FEAR OF OBESITY
Tags: OBESITY; BODY weight
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- Introduction. Simon, Rita J. // Gender Issues;Summer2003, Vol. 21 Issue 3, p3
Introduces a series of articles related to obesity.
- It Can Happen to You. // Men's Fitness;Oct2002, Vol. 18 Issue 10, p24
Deals with the prevalence of obesity in the U.S.
- Overweight or severely overweight? P.G.O'C. // Cortlandt Forum;01/25/97, Vol. 10 Issue 1, p116
Clarifies body mass index numbers for obesity and severe obesity in men and women.
- Five year changes in waist circumference, body mass index and obesity in Augsburg, Germany. Liese, Angela D.; D�ring, Angela; Hense, Hans-Werner; Keil, Ulrich // European Journal of Nutrition;2001, Vol. 40 Issue 6, p282
Summary Aims To assess temporal changes in body fat distribution, body mass index and obesity in Augsburg, Germany. Methods Waist circumference, weight and height were measured in two independent samples of 4804 and 4792, men and women, aged 25�74 years, in the MONICA Augsburg surveys 1989/90...
- Losing Weight: MORE THAN COUNTING CALORIES. Bren, Linda // FDA Consumer;Jan/Feb2002, Vol. 36 Issue 1, p18
Reports on the public health epidemic of being overweight or obese in the United States. Clarification about obesity and overweight; How body mass index is determined; Consequences of excess weight. INSETS: Are You at a Healthy Weight?;How to Use the Nutrition Facts Label.
- Setpoint evidence given. // Healthy Weight Journal;Sep/Oct95, Vol. 9 Issue 5, p86
Reports that a French study adds support to the theory that people have a natural body weight set point. Results of a study in Cameroon; Obesity which is valued in the Cameroon society; Similar results with a research involving primates.
- Obesity: Worldwide Prevalence and Trends. Macdonald, Sharon M. // Healthy Weight Journal;Nov/Dec1999, Vol. 13 Issue 6, p84
Examines the worldwide trends in body weight. Percentage of increase in the prevalence of overweight and obesity in the United States, Canada and other foreign countries; Obesity in childhood and adolescence from 1973 to 1984; Worldwide trend to increasing body weight.
- Questioning Weight Prejudice: A Good Thing to Do and Good For You! Wann, Marilyn // Healthy Weight Journal;Jan/Feb2003, Vol. 17 Issue 1, p12
Explores the connections between weight prejudice and mainstream medical beliefs about weight. Definition of weight prejudice; Justifications that support and perpetuate weight prejudice; Role of the Health at Every Sizes approach in ending weight prejudice.
- DEFINING OBESITY. // Science World;2/7/2005, Vol. 61 Issue 9/10, p19
Discusses the definition of obesity based on a person's body mass index.
- A healthy weight is a family affair. Lesch Kelly, Alice // Shape;May2003, Vol. 22 Issue 9, p162
Focuses on the problem of obesity in the U.S.
