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Deadly Choices: Coping with Health Risks in Everyday Life (Chap. 4 "Body Mass Index: Weight Control)
by Jeffrey E. Harris. 269 pgs.

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Deadly Choices: Coping with Health Risks in Everyday Life

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Preface

Acknowledgments

1: The Margarine Battle Book Introduction

2: The Deadliest Choice Sex and Hiv

3: Spring Training Exercise

4: Body Mass Index Weight Control

5: The Good Minus the Bad Cholesterol

6: Smoking and Nothingness Cigarettes

7: Lump Breast Cancer

Epilogue

Notes

Index
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Our Overweight Children: What Parents, Schools, and Communities Can Do to Control the Fatness Epidemic ("Beyond the Scale: Growth Charts and the BMI" begins on p. 16)
by Sharron Dalton. 292 pgs.

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This handbook is for parents with overweight children and medical professionals who work with this population to help insure they don't grow up to be adults with serious health problems related to their excessive weight.

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California Studies in Food and Culture

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Introduction: Our Overweight Kids

Part One: How We Meet a Growing Epidemic

1: Coming to Terms

2: Gauging Obesity's Toll

Part Two: Why Kids Are Getting Fatter

3: Family Matters

4: At Home

5: Beyond the Home

Part Three: How We Can Fight the Epidemic

6: Nurturing Healthy and Active Lifestyles

7: Reaching and Keeping a Healthy Weight

8: Slowing the Vicious Cycle of Fat Discrimination

9: Mobilizing to Help Our Overweight Children

Appendix One: Body–mass Index by Height and Weight

Appendix Two: Body– Mass Index by Age

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index
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The Economics of Obesity, in Public Interest
by Inas Rashad, Michael Grossman. 9 pgs.

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Adolescent Body Mass Indices and Self-Perception, in Adolescence
by Mary E. Pritchard, Sondra L. King, Dorice M. Czajka-Narins. 18 pgs.

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Establishing the Nadir of the Body Mass Index-Mortality Relationship: A Case Study, in Journal of the American Statistical Association
by Ramon Durazo-Arvizu, Daniel McGee, Zhaohai Li, Richard Cooper. 8 pgs.

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The Influence of Societal Factors on Female Body Image, in Journal of Social Psychology (Includes discussion of the body mass index)
by Sheryl A. Monteath, Marita P. McCabe. 20 pgs.

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Handbook of Eating Disorders: Physiology, Psychology, and Treatment of Obesity, Anorexia, and Bulimia (Discussion of the body mass index begins on p. 4)
by Kelly D. Brownell, John P. Foreyt. 529 pgs.

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Handbook of Eating Disorders: Physiology, Psychology, and Treatment of Obesity, Anorexia, and Bulimia

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Editors

Contributors

Foreword: A Tribute to Hilde Bruch

Part I: Obesity

1: Effects of Obesity on Health and Happiness

2: Physiological Aspects of Obesity

3: A Set-Point Theory of Obesity

4: Fat Cells and Obesity

5: The Influence of Psychological Variables in Obesity

6: Diets for Weight Reduction: Nutritional Considerations

7: Obesity: The Role of Physical Activity

8: Treatment of Childhood Obesity

9: Behavior Therapy for Obesity: Modern Approaches and Better Results

10: The Very-Low-Calorie Diet: a Weight-Reduction Technique

11: The Control of Obesity: Social and Community Perspectives

Part II: Anorexia Nervosa

12: Anorexia Nervosa: History and Psychological Concepts

13: Anorexia Nervosa : Medical and Physiological Aspects

14: Anorexia Nervosa : Diagnostic Conceptualizations

15: Outcome and Prognosis of Anorexia Nervosa

16: Cognitive Therapy for Anorexia Nervosa

17: Anorexia Nervosa: The Therapeutic Task

18: Inpatient and Outpatient Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa

Part III: Bulimia

19: Bulimarexia : a Historical-Sociocultural Perspective

20: Bulimia: Theories of Etiology

21: Bulimia: Medical and Physiological Aspects

22: The Clinical Features and Maintenance of Bulimia Nervosa

23: Assessment of Bulimia: a Multidimensional Model

24: Cognitive-Behavioral and Pharmacological Therapies for Bulimia

25: Intensive Treatment of Bulimia and Body-Image Disturbance

Epilogue: The Eating Disorders: Summary and Integration

Name Index

Subject Index
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Body Size, Physical Attractiveness, and Body Image among Young Adult Women: Relationships to Sexual Experience and Sexual Esteem, in The Journal of Sex Research (Includes discussion of the body mass index)
by Michael W. Wiederman, Shannon R. Hurst. 10 pgs.

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Body Mass Index and Athletic Performance in Elite Female Gymnasts, in Journal of Sport Behavior
by Robert Trattner Sherman, Ron A. Thompson, Jennifer S. Rose. 9 pgs.

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Body Mass Index Weighs Heavily on Workout Buffs, in The Washington Times
by Gabriella Boston. 1 pgs.

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Eating Disorders and Obesity: A Comprehensive Handbook (Chap. 11 "Body Composition")
by Christopher G. Fairburn, Kelly D. Brownell. 633 pgs.

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Preface

A Note for Readers

About the Editors

Contributors

1: Central Physiological Determinants of Eating Behavior and Body Weight

2: Peripheral Physiological Determinants of Eating and Body Weight

3: Genetic Influences on Body Weight

4: Constitutional Thinness and Resistance to Obesity

5: The Molecular Genetics of Body Weight Regulation

6: Leptin and Body Weight Regulation

7: Energy Intake and Body Weight

8: A Psychobiological System Approach to Appetite and Weight Control

9: Taste, Taste Preferences, and Body Weight

10: Energy Expenditure and Body Weight

11: Body Composition

12: The Nature of the Regulation of Energy Balance

13: Acquisition of Food Preferences and Eating Patterns in Children

14: Prevalence and Demographics of Dieting

15: Experimental Studies of Dieting

16: Dietary Restraint and Overeating

17: The Controversy over Dieting

18: The Psychology of Binge Eating

19: Sociocultural Influences on Body Image and Eating Disturbance

20: Stigma, Discrimination, and Obesity

21: Body Image and Body Dysmorphic Disorder

22: Measurement of Total Energy Stores

23: Measurement of Food Intake

24: Measurement of Energy Expenditure

25: Measurement of Physical Activity

26: Measurement of Eating Disorder Psychopathology

27: History of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa

28: Classification and Diagnosis of Eating Disorders

29: Clinical Presentation of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa

30: Atypical Eating Disorders (Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified)

31: Binge Eating Disorder

32: Night Eating Syndrome

33: Eating Disorders in Males

34: Anxiety, Depression, and Eating Disorders

35: Eating Disorders and Addictive Disorders

36: Personality and Eating Disorders

37: Childhood-Onset Eating Disorders

38: Families of Patients with Eating Disorders

39: Eating Disorders and Childrearing

40: Course and Outcome of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa

41: Distribution of Eating Disorders

42: Genetic Epidemiology of Eating Disorders

43: Molecular Genetics of Eating Disorders

44: Risk Factors for Eating Disorders

45: Gender, Ethnicity, and Eating Disorders

46: Sport, Occupation, and Eating Disorders

47: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Eating Disorders

49: Central Nervous System Neurotransmitter Activity in Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa

50: Medical Complications of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa

51: Eating Disorders in Diabetes Mellitus

48 Physiology of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa

52 Eating Disorder Services

53: Clinical Assessment of Patients with Eating Disorders

54: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Bulimia Nervosa

55: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Anorexia Nervosa

56: Family Therapy and Eating Disorders

57: Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Eating Disorders

58: Pharmacological Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa

59: Day Hospital Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa

60: Inpatient Treatment and Medical Management of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa

61: Compulsory Treatment in the Management of Eating Disorders

62: Management of Patients with Intractable Eating Disorders

63: Psychological Treatment of Binge Eating Disorder

64: Pharmacological Treatment of Binge Eating Disorder

65: Self-Help Books in the Treatment of Eating Disorders

66: Eating Disorders and the Internet

67: Prevention of Eating Disorders

68: Definition and Classification of Obesity per

69: A Brief History of Obesity

70: Obesity and Quality of Life

71: Psychological Consequences of Obesity

72: Obesity and Body Image

73: Binge Eating in Obese Persons

74: A World View of the Obesity Problem

75: Prevalence and Demographics of Obesity

76: Epidemiology of Health Risks Associated with Obesity

77: Epidemiology and Causes of Obesity in Children

78: The Environment and Obesity

79: Obesity in Minority Populations

80: Pregnancy and Weight Gain

81: Age and Obesity

82: The Health Economics of Obesity and Weight Loss

83: An Overview of the Etiology of Obesity

84: Medical Complications of Obesity in Adults

85 Medical Consequences of Obesity in Children and Adolescents

86: The Metabolic Syndrome

87: Weight Loss and Risk Factors

88: Effects of Weight Loss on Morbidity and Mortality

89: Metabolic Effects of Exercise in Overweight Individuals

90: Social and Psychological Effects of Weight Loss

91 Goals of Obesity Treatment

92: Clinical Assessment of Obese Patients

93: Exercise in the Management of Obesity

94: Behavioral Treatment for Obesity

95: Meal Replacements in the Treatment of Obesity

96: Very-Low-Calorie Diets

97: Popular Diets

98: Commercial and Self-Help Weight Loss Programs

99: Current Pharmacological Treatments for Obesity

100: Pharmacological Treatments on the Horizon

101: Surgery for Obesity

102: Surgery for Obesity

103: Management of Obesity in Children

104: Treatment of Obesity in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

105: Weight Loss Programs for Minority Populations

106: Characteristics of Successful Weight Maintainers

107: Improving Maintenance in Behavioral Treatment

108: The Management of Body Image Problems

109: Nondieting Approaches

110: Obesity and the Internet

111: Public Health Approaches to the Management of Obesity

112: Public Policy and the Prevention of Obesity

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Lifestyle Modification for the Prevention and Treatment of Hypertension ("Epidemiologic Data On Body Weight and Blood Pressure: Comparisons Across Populations" begins on p. 108)
by Paul K. Whelton, Jiang He, Gail T. Louis. 403 pgs.

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Preface

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1: Hypertension as an Important Public Health Challenge

2: Blood Pressure and Risk of Vascular Disease

3: Strategies for Prevention of Adverse Blood Pressure Levels

4: Strategies for Treatment of Hypertension

5: Weight Reduction

6: Dietary Salt Reduction

7: Moderation of Alcohol Consumption

8: Physical Activity

9: Potassium Supplementation

10: Calcium and Magnesium Supplementation

11: Macronutrients, Fiber, Cholesterol, and Dietary Patterns

12: Dietary ω3 Fatty Acids

13: Biofeedback and Relaxation

14: Intervention in Children

15: Intervention in the Elderly

16: Intervention in Minorities

17: Policies for Prevention and Treatment of Hypertension

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Physical Activity and Health: The Evidence Explained ("Definition of Obesity" begins on p. 115)
by Jeremy N. Cbe Morris, Adrianne E. Hardman, David J. Stensel. 289 pgs.

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This timely and detailed textbook deals exclusively with the benefits of physical activity in the prevention and treatment of various health conditions which are of growing concern worldwide. In each chapter the authors describe the cause of the conditions and then discuss the role of physical activity in its prevention or improvement, drawing on research literature to help students evaluate the quality and extent of this. Hazards and benefits of exercise are discussed with critical appraisal of current recommendations for physical activity. The emphasis throughout is on topics relating to major health issues in western societies - cardiovascular disease, obesity, type 2 diabetes, the insulin resistance syndrome, osteoporosis - also including new and developing research areas. Designed to be user-friendly, this book includes: * chapter overviews and summaries plus information boxes * study activities and tasks for self evaluation * suggested further reading including landmark papers * glossary of key terms, bibliography and extensive index * over one hundred supporting tables, figures, examples and plates. Physical Activity and Health will appeal to degree-level students of sport and exercise science as well as to students in related areas such as medicine, public health, physiotherapy, nursing and nutrition, worldwide.

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Foreword

Authors' Preface

Personal Acknowledgements

Illustrations Acknowledgements

Conversion Factors for Commonly Used Units

Part I: Assessing the Evidence

1: Introduction

2: Nature of the Evidence

3: Physical Activity and Total Mortality

Part II: Effects of Physical Activity on the Risk of Disease

4: Cardiovascular Disease

5: Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease

6: Type 2 Diabetes

7: Obesity and Energy Balance

8: Insulm Resistance Syndrome

9: Cancer

10: Skeletal Health

Part III: Ageing, Therapeutic Exercise and Public Health

11: Exercise and Ageing

12: Therapeutic Exercise

Further Reading

13: Hazards of Exercise

14: Physical Activity, Fitness and Public Health

Glossary

Index

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