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- Obesity crisis as the nation goes from fat to worse. Carey, Dorothy; Robotham, Julie // Nutridate;Mar2004, Vol. 15 Issue 1, p8
Reports on the obesity crisis in Australia as of March 2004. Comparison on the obese population from 1989-1995 and 1995-2001; Percentage of men aged 60-69 that were considered morbidly obese in 2001; Body mass index of a morbidly obese person.
- The not-so-skinny: U.S. population weighs in as the world's most obese. Johnson, Bradley // Advertising Age;5/15/2006, Vol. 77 Issue 20, p43
The article addresses the increasing number of obese or overweight individuals in the U.S. as of May 2006. According to an American Demographics analysis, one-third of the global population age 15 and above is overweight or obese. The U.S. is the world leader with nearly 23 percent of the...
- Recipe for Disaster. Isaacson, Andy // Diabetes Health;Jan2006, Vol. 15 Issue 1, p44
Focuses on the increased obesity cases in the U.S. Responsibilities of food manufacturers; Information on a bill on junk food advertising to children proposed by Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa); Associations and companies that spend money on lobbyists to help them win policy battles.
- The government of girth. Coveney, John // Health Sociology Review;Aug2008, Vol. 17 Issue 2, p199
The current preoccupation with body weight in western cultures is arguably unprecedented. The obesity crisis has engaged not only health communities, but numerous other public and private organisations, and, in so doing, has created moral alarm as well as a medical crisis. This paper examines...
- HealthWAVES The Aqua-Active Lifestyle. // Swimming World;Feb2006, Vol. 47 Issue 2, p20
This article focuses on the problem of overweight faced by the world. From the U.S. to Germany to China, people are getting fatter. Based on public health data gathered between 1971 and 2001, if current trends are not reversed, a 30-year-old man will have an incredible 92 percent chance of...
- His And Hers Weight Control: Same Game, Different Rules. Ward, Elizabeth M. // Environmental Nutrition;Jul2006, Vol. 29 Issue 7, p1
The article focuses on the issue concerning obesity in both men and women. The study examines the factors why men are often able to control their weight compared with women. It discusses the increased chance to successfully lose weight with having an involved partner. The author offers...
- Environmental Factors and Obesity. Hunter, William // Destined Body: How Genetics & Environment Shape Us;2005, p50
This article discusses the relation between environmental factors and obesity. Many scientists, sociologists, and other researchers believe that environment plays a much larger role in the development of obesity than genetics. Evidence suggests that at least some external factors are to blame....
- Obesity: A growing issue. // Canadian Social Trends;Fall2005, Issue 78, p26
This article cites a study among Canadians, which suggests that once people are overweight, they are more likely to pack on even more kilos than they are to take them off. Almost one-quarter of Canadians who had been overweight in 1995 had become obese by 2003. On the other hand, only half as...
- Effects of Being Overweight. Stewart, Anita L.; Brook, Robert H. // American Journal of Public Health;Feb83, Vol. 73 Issue 2, p171
Abstract: Based on cross sectional dab, from a general population of 5.817 people aged 14 to 61. objective overweight is compared with perceived overweight, and information is provided on morbidity due to being overweight, and on what people are doing to try to lose weight. We found that 10 per...
