SIX REASONS
Tags: OBESITY; FOOD habits
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- Do we need to change our eating style? // Current Health 2;Dec98, Vol. 25 Issue 4, p2
Reports on Medical College of Georgia researcher Robert Martindale's theory that Americans' eating style contributes to their tendency to be overweight. Comparison of Americans' style of eating large portions to European style of eating; Cause of most obesity problems.
- Your turning point. Draper, Dave // Joe Weider's Muscle & Fitness;Mar2001, Vol. 62 Issue 3, p66
Ponders on the increasing number of overweight people. Changes in the eating habits of people; Consequences of gluttony; Choices that one can make with regard to body weight.
- Parents take note: Fighting childhood obesity begins at home. // Better Nutrition;Mar2002, Vol. 64 Issue 3, p28
Focuses on the need for the fight against childhood obesity to start at home in the United States. Prevalence of overweight in children aged 4 to 12; Evidence of higher home-related causes of childhood obesity; Importance of changing eating habits at home.
- How much is too much? Marston, Wendy // Health (Time Inc. Health);Mar/Apr96, Vol. 10 Issue 2, p38
Discusses the increase in food portions as a leading cause of obesity and overweightedness in the United States. Food budget; Increased demand for big plates and bowls; Ways to avoid overeating; Reasonable servings; Planning of daily meals; Breakfast, lunch and dinner options.
- CONNECTING FOOD AND HEALTH: An Introduction to this Special Issue. Fisher, Andy // Community Food Security News;Winter2006, p1
The article discusses various reports published within the issue, including one that explores the association between obesity and hunger by Lynn Parker and another by Gail Feenstra, who evaluated the belief of community food security practitioners that their projects can improve participants'...
- DROP 21 POUNDS THE FRENCH WAY. Sass, Cynthia A. // Prevention;Jul2008, Vol. 60 Issue 7, p67
The article discusses a study which compares the eating habits of people who live in Paris, France and Chicago, Illinois. Statistics are presented which indicate more Americans within the study are categorized as overweight than French people within the study. Reasons the French group weighed...
- Obesity awareness campaign needed, but regulations won't curb fast-food appetite. Matorin, James // Nation's Restaurant News;8/27/2001, Vol. 35 Issue 35, p32
Comments on the obesity awareness plan of the government in the United States. Effect of the plan on the foodservice industry; Feasibility of the plan; Need for restaurants to create healthy menus.
- Perilously Plump. Atkinson, Jim // Texas Monthly;Apr2002, Vol. 30 Issue 4, p74
Presents an article on overweight people and the dining culture in Texas. Factors which affect the weight problem in the state; Prevalence of the weight problem among Americans; Implications of the trend in fast foods for the incidence of the weight problem in the U.S.
- TIME TRIP. // Current Events;11/8/2002, Vol. 102 Issue 10, p2
Presents news items related to food habit of some people in the United States in light of an increase in obesity cases among Americans. Increase in the productivity of U.S. farms and volume of food.
