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Is It Impossible To Keep The Weight Off? The world is fatter than ever. In 2010 there were 1.5 billion people worldwide who were obese, and the trend is growing.   |
Science News
August 3, 2002
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Surprise! Obesity (and inactivity) can spur cancers Some 60 percent of U.S. adults say they're worried at the prospect of developing cancer, yet only 6 percent recognize that being overweight is a leading predisposing factor. |
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Your Healthy-Weight Mini-Quiz & Calculators Our six key questions will help you find the weight that will help you live longer and better. |
American Family Physician
July 15, 2000
Ethan M. Berke & Nancy E. Morden |
Medical Management of Obesity Family physicians must treat any conditions associated with obesity while working with patients on methods to achieve and maintain weight loss... |
Nurse Practitioner
May 2008
Jarosz & Bellar |
Age-Appropriate Obesity Treatment Older adults who are obese must be assessed and treated for obesity within the context of aging. |
American Family Physician
June 1, 2001
James M. Lyznicki |
Obesity: Assessment and Management in Primary Care Obesity is a complex, multifactorial condition in which excess body fat may put a person at health risk. National data indicate that the prevalence of obesity in the United States is increasing in children and adults... |
American Family Physician
March 15, 2003
McInnis et al. |
Counseling for Physical Activity in Overweight and Obese Patients An estimated 97 million adults in the United States, or more than six out of 10 men and women, are overweight or obese. The role of physicians and other health care professionals is associated with greater efforts to help patients adopt healthy lifestyle habits related to diet and exercise. |
AskMen.com
Jasper Anson |
The Dangers of Being Overweight Everybody has a healthy weight range, but if you're outside of the range, there can be significant physical consequences. |
American Family Physician
January 1, 2002
Susan Z.
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Medical Care for Obese Patients: Advice for Health Care Professionals More than 60 percent of adults in the United States are overweight or obese, and obese persons are more likely to be ill than those who are not. Obesity presents challenges to physicians and patients and also has a negative impact on health status... |
AskMen.com
February 3, 2001
Joshua Levine |
Xenical: The Fat Buster If you are overweight, or have a loved one who is, then read on and discover the "wonder drug" called Xenical... |
BusinessWeek
January 9, 2006
Catherine Arnst |
Helping Your Kid Slim Down How parents can change behavior that can foster obesity - and its long-term damage. |
Salon.com
March 25, 2002
Amy Benfer |
The lost language of fat Hectored by experts and afraid of hurting their kids' self-esteem, parents of overweight children remain silent -- as the nation faces a youthful obesity crisis... |
Managed Care
December 2004
Jack McCain |
The Weight Debate, Continued This article presents the views of people who indulge in what many regard as health care heresy. They challenge the conventional wisdom that millions of Americans need to lose tons of weight, fast, to stave off diabetes, heart disease, cancer. |
Psychology Today
Jul/Aug 2008
Sora Song |
Five Stealth Forces in Weight Loss Scientists are zeroing in on the unexpected ways molecular forces - including genes and viruses - impact your weight. In the process, they're upending the conventional wisdom on just what makes a successful diet. |
Nursing Management
February 2008
Susan Gallagher Camden |
A Captive Condition: Childhood Obesity Both patient safety and caregiver injury are fast becoming serious considerations in managing care of children who are obese. |
Nursing Management
March 2012
Yvonne D'Arcy |
Pain and obesity It can be a challenge to provide effective pain management for obese patients; however, a multimodal pain management regimen that combines medications and complementary techniques can help increase pain relief. |
Seasoned Cooking
August 2004
Michael Fick |
The Classic Weight Control Dilemma: Diet or Exercise? The bottom line is that to really save time in your weight management program, stop eating the wrong food and eat plenty of good food to avoid putting the weight on in the first place. |
Nursing
November 2011
Lawson & Pruitt |
Issues in Obesity, Part 2: Obesity Weighs Heavily on Lung Function A look at the impact of obesity on asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and sleep apnea. |
Food Processing
January 2007
Diane Toops |
Toops Scoops: Snooze and You Lose Americans take new measures in the struggle with obesity. |
Science News
June 8, 2002
Janet Raloff |
Pudgy? Here's a Small Benefit For those women whose proportions fall outside the fatfree ideal, here's one consolation: Your outsized physique appears to put you at decreased risk of developing ovarian cancer (a somewhat rare cancer). |
Reason
January 2008
Jacob Sullum |
Secrets of Weight Loss Revealed! Two new books on the science of weight loss conclude that a little is easy, a lot is hard, and results may vary. |
Chemistry World
December 2006
Dennis Rouvray |
Fat of the Land As we become progressively more rotund, our body chemistry undergoes critical changes that have a major impact on our health. |
Nurse Practitioner
December 2011 |
Managing pain in obese patients Obesity-related pain conditions can limit the patient's efforts at increasing activity and limit quality of life. This article will offer information on these conditions and treatment options. |
AskMen.com
Kevin Neeld |
Maintain A Healthy Waist-To-Hip Ratio Is your health in danger? |
Science News
April 22, 2006
Janet Raloff |
Do People Know When They're Overweight? A new study finds that most people can estimate their height-weight combinations fairly accurately. However, overweight and obese people miss the mark when they're asked to characterize the healthiness of their weight-to-height status. |
American Family Physician
March 15, 2001 |
Insulin Resistance Syndrome A simple overview of a condition that occurs for some people where tissues stop responding to insulin. |
American Journal of Nursing
December 2011
Benton et al. |
Sarcopenic Obesity: Strategies for Management Nurses should be knowledgeable about this condition and its management and routinely educate older patients on the benefits of resistance training and dietary protein to prevent or reverse sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity. |
Science News
October 15, 2005
Janet Raloff |
We're All Likely to Get Fat So you've kept a fairly trim physique into middle age. Don't get smug. A new study suggests that you too may develop a paunch or worse in coming years. |
American Family Physician
January 1, 2003 |
What It Takes to Lose Weight What does it take to lose weight?... How often should I eat?... What is so bad about high-fat foods?... Can I trust nutrition information I get from newspapers and magazines?... Will diet drugs help? |
AskMen.com
March 27, 2013 |
Nutrition Myths Here are the top 11 biggest lies, myths and misconceptions of mainstream nutrition, such as the idea that eggs are unhealthy for you. |
Nutrition Action Healthletter
March 2000
Michael F. Jacobson |
News From CSPI As suggested by the intense interest in Syndrome X and low-carbohydrate diets, America has one of the highest rates of obesity in the world. Time will tell whether our nation chooses a lifestyle built around fitness---or gluttony and sloth. |
Nursing
October 2011
Elizabeth Heavey |
Obesity in pregnancy: Deliver sensitive care This article addresses the health risks of obesity to mother and baby during pregnancy, labor, and delivery and discusses what you can do to mitigate those risks. |
AskMen.com
July 19, 2015
Adam Ali |
Overcoming Weight Loss Plateaus The bad news is that the plateau is inevitable. The good news ? It's not as hard as you think to overcome. |
American Family Physician
December 15, 2000 |
You Have Diabetes--But You Don't Have to Get Heart Disease Too People with diabetes are more likely to get heart disease because diabetes can have a bad effect on your blood vessels. Some of your lifestyle habits may also raise this risk. Here are some things you can do about your lifestyle habits... |
AskMen.com
April 12, 2014
Nick English |
Everyone Was Wrong: Saturated Fat Is Good For You The spread of obesity has no single cause; there are a lot of complicated factors that have led to America's health crisis. |
Salon.com
January 13, 2003
Laura Miller |
"Fat Land" by Greg Critser In America, fat and poor go together. A new book looks at why. |
Food Processing
December 2010
Diane Toops |
Poll Indicates Adult Consumers Need More than Knowledge to Curb Obesity Behavior-changing knowledge alone is not enough to curb obesity, a poll seems to indicate. |
AskMen.com
February 2, 2003
Mike Davison |
8 Questions Men Are Afraid To Ask Doctors Due to macho pride or the expense of health care, many men visit the doctor only when something noticeably breaks, like their nose, or stops, like their heart. Likewise, they are not always willing to ask their family doctor embarrassing questions. |
AskMen.com
January 31, 2013
James Fell |
How To Lose Weight It's important to see exercise as a tool that gives you the power to resist junk food. Because it does. |
AskMen.com
October 24, 2002
Sabrina Rogers |
7 Fad Diets To Avoid A piece on seven popular diets on the market, including their advantages, disadvantages and long-term effectiveness, will shed some light on this growing trend and perhaps change your mind about considering them. |
AskMen.com
Dustin Driver |
Extreme Weight Loss Techniques Nine techniques to lose weight fast, but be warned that there are risks involved with losing weight too quickly. |
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Physique-Based Fat Loss Physique-based fat loss involves paying particular attention to certain aspects of training and nutrition, and manipulating them correctly, to achieve fat loss while maintaining your muscle mass. |
BusinessWeek
February 27, 2006
Catherine Arnst |
Weight Loss: The Spirit Is Willing -- But Pills Work Doctors may decide that weight loss is best accomplished with the new drug Acomplia. |
AskMen.com
December 6, 2001
Sebastien Stefanov |
How Many Calories Do You Need? Have you ever stopped to think about how much you eat during the day? If not, then you will be surprised to discover that most men don't consume the right amount of calories... |
AskMen.com
September 24, 2015
James Fell |
Weight Loss Tips From A Former Fat Guy Many lose weight and then regain it, but I lost weight and kept it off for more than two decades. I also added a bunch of muscle and kept that too. |
Managed Care
July 2002
John La Puma |
An obesity primer for the medical office: Lessons from CHEF Clinic To help patients make healthy choices in an unhealthy environment, this primer summarizes recent data on nonprescription remedies and identifies behavioral changes that work. |
Nursing
September 2010
Margaret M. Bolton |
Sounding the alarm about metabolic syndrome Any health problem that affects a third of American adults is sure to impact your nursing practice. Metabolic syndrome, a growing and commonly silent condition, poses a significant public health crisis. |
AskMen.com
Tony Horton |
Obesity In America Our society, as a whole, is becoming fatter, and we're viewing that as normal. Today, two-thirds of America is overweight, with Canada and Europe not far behind. |
Chemistry World
July 18, 2012
Andrew Turley |
Obesity drug approved in US US regulators have approved a new obesity treatment. Qsymia (phentermine, topiramate) tablets have been approved for overweight adults as part of a regimen that includes a low calorie diet and exercise. |
IndustryWeek
December 1, 2008
Jonathan Katz |
Obesity Program Trims Budgets Obesity programs can see a short-term ROI of $1.17 per dollar spent. |
