On the scale of it
Tags: OBESITY; HEALTH; INDUSTRIAL hygiene; BODY weight
Related Articles
- Weighty Concerns. Bednar, Joseph // BusinessWest;Apr2003, Vol. 19 Issue 12, p67
Reports on the accuracy of the body mass index (BMI) for use as a guide in the medical community. Methods for using BMI; Use of the BMI in determining trends related to health and obesity; Tips for maintaining good health.
- How Fat Are We? Obesity Epidemic Needs a Grain of Salt. LaRochelle, Mark // Consumers' Research Magazine;Dec2002, Vol. 85 Issue 12, p10
No abstract available.
- Is there an ideal body weight? Jarret, R.J. // British Medical Journal (Clinical Research Edition);8/23/1986, Vol. 293 Issue 6545, p493
Focuses on the concept of ideal body weight in Great Britain. Risk factors of obesity; Emphasis on weight distribution and morbidity; Measurement of fat distribution.
- 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.
- Weighing health costs of a few extra pounds. Wojcik, Joanne // Business Insurance;10/5/2009, Vol. 43 Issue 35, p6
In this article the author reflects on the link between body weight and health care costs. According to the author, there are efforts by employers to encourage their employees to lose weight and get fit in a bid to lower health care costs. She cites some studies which contradicts the idea that...
- Adolescents' experience of comments about their weight -- prevalence, accuracy and effects on weight misperception. Wing-Sze Lo; Sai-Yin Ho; Kwok-Kei Mak; Yuen-Kwan Lai; Tai-Hing Lam // BMC Public Health;2009, Vol. 9, p271
Background: Weight comments are commonly received by adolescents, but the accuracy of the comments and their effects on weight misperception are unclear. We assessed the prevalence and accuracy of weight comments received by Chinese adolescents from different sources and their relation to weight...
- Obesity and diabetes increasing at alarming rates. Saunders, Carol S. // Patient Care for the Nurse Practitioner;Apr2001, Vol. 4 Issue 4, p7
Reports on the increase in the prevalence of obesity in the United States from 1991 to 1999. Definition of obesity; Estimated amount spent on health care associated with diabetes in 1997.
- The Obesity Epidemic. Sitzman, Kathy // AAOHN Journal;Jan2004, Vol. 52 Issue 1, p44
Focuses on the problem of obesity pandemic faced by occupational health nurses. Calculation of body mass index; Health concerns related to overweight and obesity; Factual information about obesity.
- Too Pleasantly Plump? Klass, Perri // Parenting;Oct99, Vol. 13 Issue 8, p53
Focuses on obesity in children. Food rules that the author imposes on her patients; How some parents perceive excess weight in children; Social implications of excess weight in children.
