Fixing a Fat Nation
Tags: OBESITY; NUTRITION disorders
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- Will You Be Overweight in 10 Years? Here's How to Make the Prediction. // Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter;Nov2002, Vol. 20 Issue 9, p7
Discusses study findings on the chances of becoming overweight for each group of women categorized by eating patterns. Diets of the empty calorie eaters; Risk of the light eating group of becoming overweight; Findings for women following the heart healthy eating pattern.
- School-based Obesity Prevention: A Blueprint for Taming the Epidemic. Baranowski, Tom; Cullen, Karen W.; Nicklas, Theresa; Thompson, Deborah; Baranowski, Janice // American Journal of Health Behavior;Nov/Dec2002, Vol. 26 Issue 6, p486
Objective: To review the literature on school-based obesity prevention programs to identify what can be done to minimize the increasing levels of obesity. Methods: Twenty articles reporting school-based dietary or physical activity change programs were identified that used BMI or skinfolds as...
- Fat chance. // Business News New Jersey;11/29/99, Vol. 12 Issue 44, p30
Reports on the findings of a study conducted by T.A. Miller Co. concerning obesity called `Weight Loss: The Role of OTC and RX Pharmaceuticals in the Treatment of Obesity: 1999.' Physicians' attitudes towards different therapies; Use of different prescription drugs for treating overweight patients.
- Obesity: molecular bases of a multifactorial problem. Palou, A.; Serra, F.; Bonet, M. L.; Pico, C. // European Journal of Nutrition;2000, Vol. 39 Issue 4, p127
Focuses on obesity as the basis of a multifactorial problem. Aspects to be considered in the regulation of feeding behavior; Discussion on the control of energy efficiency by adaptive thermogenesis; Insight on adipogenesis.
- Slimming drinks. // DSN Retailing Today;8/18/2003, Vol. 42 Issue 16, p13
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- The 'Obesity Epidemic': An Alternative Perspective. Robison, Jon // Healthy Weight Journal;Jan/Feb2003, Vol. 17 Issue 1, p1
Focuses on the obesity epidemic in the U.S. as of January 2003. Action taken by the government to address the issue; Effects of war on obesity; Suggestions on a national action plan to tackle overweight and obesity.
- Obesity in America: Inevitable? Jacobson, Michael F. // Nutrition Action Health Letter;Mar2000, Vol. 27 Issue 2, p2
Discusses the inevitability of obesity in the United States. Information on obesity; Efforts to prevent obesity.
- Are we grooming our kids to be unhealthy, overweight? Steinback, Jyl // Fort Worth Business Press;03/24/2000, Vol. 12 Issue 48, p25
Focuses on the etiology and prevention of obesity. Increased television viewing; Less parental supervision after schooling; Involvement of children in meal planning.
- No 'magic bullet' for obesity. Nash, Karen // Cosmetic Surgery Times;Nov/Dec2002, Vol. 5 Issue 10, p1
Reports on the growing problem of obesity in the United States. Lack of immediate solution for the health problem; Chronic diseases associated with obesity.
- Guests Slim Down, Own Up, Research Shows. // Restaurant Business;11/15/2003, Vol. 102 Issue 19, p8
Consumers are dramatically altering their eating patterns and activities to pursue more healthful lives, underscoring a conviction that they can't blame restaurants for excess weight, according to a flurry of new obesity-related reports. Taken as a whole, the outpouring of research leaves little...
