Obesity: it is up to us
Tags: OBESITY; OBESITY in children; WEIGHT loss; METABOLISM -- Disorders; NUTRITION disorders
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- A qualitative investigation into the levers and barriers to weight loss in children: opinions of obese children. Murtagh, J.; Dixey, R.; Rudolf, M. // Archives of Disease in Childhood;Nov2006, Vol. 91 Issue 11, p920
Background: The alarming increase in the worldwide prevalence of childhood obesity is now recognised as a major public health concern. Failure to isolate and understand the external and internal factors contributing to successful weight loss may well be contributing to the ineffectiveness of...
- "The solution needs to be complex." Obese adults' attitudes about the effectiveness of individual and population based interventions for obesity. Thomas, Samantha L.; Lewis, Sophie; Hyde, Jim; Castle, David; Komesaroff, Paul // BMC Public Health;2010, Vol. 10, p420
Background: Previous studies of public perceptions of obesity interventions have been quantitative and based on general population surveys. This study aims to explore the opinions and attitudes of obese individuals towards population and individual interventions for obesity in Australia....
- Weight-Control Behavior Among Obese Children: Association With Family-Related Factors. Fei-Ling Wu; Shu Yu; Ien-Lan Wei; Yin, Terese J.C. // Journal of Nursing Research (Taiwan Nurses Association);Mar2003, Vol. 11 Issue 1, p19
Investigates the weight-control behavior of obese children. Discussion on parents' supervision of obese children; Factors that influenced weight-control behavior; Relationship between the individual and basic family characteristics of obese elementary school children and their execution of...
- Obesity in children a 'chronic disease.'. // Active Living;Nov2007, Vol. 16 Issue 6, p14
The article deals with an editorial in a recent issue of the "Journal of the American Medical Association," which argued that childhood obesity should be considered a chronic and complex disease. The editorial offers comments on a research which found that children who lose weight usually put it...
- Together as One. Watt, Dave // AMAA Journal;Winter2005, Vol. 17 Issue 3, p2
Focuses on the efforts taken by the American Medical Athletic Association (AMAA) and the American Running Association to defeat youth obesity, as of 2005. Goal of the AMAA; Prevalence of obesity among children in the nation; Need to improve the fitness, weight and health of kids in the U.S.
- Behavioral Obesity. Meyerhoff, Michael K. // Pediatrics for Parents;2003, Vol. 20 Issue 12, p8
Shares an author's insight about the association of parenting and behavioral obesity. Identification of obesity in children as the number one public health problem in the U.S.; Opinion of the author on the need for a shift of focus from food to behavior in solving the obesity problem; Role of...
- THE BIG ISSUE. Valios, Natalie // Community Care;3/25/2004, Issue 1515, p34
Reports on the efforts to defuse the problem of obesity among children in Great Britain. Reasons behind the occurrence of obesity among children; Description of the psychological effects of obesity on children; Role of the National Obesity Forum in addressing weight management for children;...
- What are the indications for bariatric surgery? Pentin, Pamela L.; Nashelsky, Joan // Journal of Family Practice;Jul2005, Vol. 54 Issue 7, p633
This article identifies the indications for bariatric surgery. No studies evaluate the commonly used indications for bariatric surgery. Consensus guidelines suggest that the surgical treatment of obesity should be reserved for patients with a body-mass index (BMI) of greater than 40 kilograms...
- Heavy Duty. Cottle, Michelle // New Republic;5/13/2002, Vol. 226 Issue 18, p16
Argues against the move of the U.S. government to correlate the war on obesity with that of the war on tobacco in 2002. Information on anti-obesity programs developed in several states; Statistics on obesity in the country; Flaws of the tobacco-fat analogy; Reasons for the complexity of the...
