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Books on: weight control

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What Do I Have to Lose? A Teen's Guide to Weight Management

Book by Elizabeth Bauchner; Mason Crest, 2005

Subjects:

Weight Loss--Juvenile Literature

...Type II diabetes, losing weight and becom- ing more...can help their bodies control their blood-sugar levels...index.html National Weight Control Registry www.nwcr.ws...features/2002/102 fat.html Weight Control Information Network...
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Illusions of Control: Striving for Control in Our Personal and Professional Lives

Book by Fathali M. Moghaddam, Charles Studer; Praeger Publishers, 1998

Subjects:

Control (Psychology)

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

Illusions of control have become quite pervasive in modern Western societies, where modern science heightens the belief that people have control over life events. This book explores illusions of control in a wide variety of domains, and the author posits a practical way to minimize negative ...
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Illusions of control have become quite pervasive in modern Western societies, where modern science heightens the belief that people have control over life events. This book explores illusions of control in a wide variety of domains, and the author posits a practical way to minimize negative consequences. Such illusions can have positive consequences by giving people a sense of security. On the other hand, when the consequences are negative, the authors argue that there is need for adoption of long-term goals and short-term strategies.
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Losing Control: How and Why People Fail at Self-Regulation

Book by Roy F. Baumeister, Todd F. Heatherton, Dianne M. Tice; Academic Press, 1994

Subjects:

Self-Control, Self-Management (Psychology)

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...around the inability to control oneself. All over the country, people are miserable because they cannot control their money, their weight, their emotions, their drinking, their hostility, their craving for drugs, their spending, their own...
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Control and the Psychology of Health: Theory, Measurement, and Applications

Book by Jan Walker; Open University Press, 2001

Subjects:

Clinical Health Psychology, Control (Psychology)--Health Aspects, Mind And Body--Health Aspects

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...preventive behaviours to improve their health, such as giving up smoking, obtaining vaccination, using birth control and reducing their weight. Strickland identified evidence that internals adapt better to debilitating illness and that externality...
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Handbook of Drug Control in the United States

Book by James A. Inciardi; Greenwood Press, 1990

Subjects:

Narcotics, Control Of--United States

Collections: Entire Library

This timely handbook surveys the U.S. government's efforts to control illegal drugs. Inciardi and his contributors offer a useful way of thinking about and understanding the problem of illegal drugs, and provide the history of and research on drug policy so that policy makers have a necessary tool ...
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This timely handbook surveys the U.S. government's efforts to control illegal drugs. Inciardi and his contributors offer a useful way of thinking about and understanding the problem of illegal drugs, and provide the history of and research on drug policy so that policy makers have a necessary tool for developing a realistic and effective national drug policy.
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Journal Articles on: weight control

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Multidimensional Evaluation of Monetary Incentive Strategies for Weight Control

Journal article by Brian E. Mavis, Bertram E. Stoffelmayr; The Psychological Record, Vol. 44, 1994

Subjects:

Incentive (Psychology)--Research, Weight loss--Psychological aspects

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...monetary incentive strategies for weight control. by Brian E. Mavis...explored in many contexts, including weight control (Rozensky Bellack, 1976), smoking...agency. A meta-analysis of 97 weight control studies found significantly lower...
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Exploring Young Women's Perceptions of the Effectiveness and Safety of Maladaptive Weight Control Techniques

Journal article by Tracy L. Tylka, Linda Mezydlo Subich; Journal of Counseling and Development, Vol. 80, 2002

Subjects:

Body image--Research, Eating disorders--Research, Young women--Psychology and mental health

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...effectiveness and safety of maladaptive weight control techniques by Tracy L...that they use several maladaptive weight control techniques such as fasting (39...inclined to believe that maladaptive weight control techniques (e.g., vomiting after...
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Relations among Weight Control Behaviors and Eating Attitudes, Social Physique Anxiety, and Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in Turkish Adolescents

Journal article by Murat Bas, Gul Kiziltan; Adolescence, Vol. 42, 2007

Subjects:

Adolescent behavior--Research, Adolescent psychology--Research, Body image--Psychological aspects, Body image--Research, Eating disorders--Psychological aspects, Eating disorders--Research

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

Relations among Weight Control Behaviors and Eating Attitudes, Social...report using exercise as a means of weight control (French et al., 1995; French Jeffery, 1994). Dieting and weight-control perceptions, goals, and behaviors...
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Outcomes of a Traditional Weight Control Program and a Nondiet Alternative: a One-Year Comparison

Journal article by Mary A. Steinhardt, Janet R. Bezner, Troy B. Adams; Journal of Psychology, Vol. 133, 1999

Subjects:

Behavior Modification

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

Outcomes of a Traditional Weight Control Program and a Nondiet Alternative...effectiveness of a traditional weight control program and nondiet alternative...intervention groups -- traditional weight control TWC and Diet Free Forever...
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Are Sports and Games Effective for Fitness and Weight Control? Losing Weight and Staying Fit Can Be as Fun as Playing Your Favorite Sport

Journal article by Kris Berg; JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, Vol. 79, 2008

Subjects:

Aerobic respiration--Research, Obesity--Prevention, Physical fitness--Methods, Sports--Health aspects, Sports--United States

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Games Effective for Fitness and Weight Control? Losing Weight and Staying Fit...Effective for Weight Loss and Weight Control? The author is not familiar with...as effective in weight loss and weight control. Furthermore, a possible advantage...

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Magazine Articles on: weight control

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WEIGHT CONTROL: Which Sex's Perception Is Right?

Magazine article by Beth Brown; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 129, March 2001

Subjects:

Body weight--Analysis, Calorie Control Council--Surveys, Medical care, Men's health, Men--Health aspects, Reducing diets--Analysis, Women's health--Health aspects, Women--Health aspects

Collections: Entire Library

WEIGHT CONTROL: Which Sexs Perception Is Right...biannual look at American eating and weight control habits and has tracked dieting trends...that affect their eating habits and weight control efforts. Both agree that lack of exercise...
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Weight Control/obesity

Magazine article; Ebony, Vol. 60, October 2005

Subjects:

African American women--Health aspects, Obesity--Control

Collections: Entire Library

Weight Control/obesity. No matter how you look at...your body mass index by dividing your body weight in pounds by your height in inches squared...37. In simpler terms, for a woman whose weight is 25 percent more than the maximum desirable...
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Lighten Up! Control Your Weight by Eating Healthy and Exercising Regularly

Magazine article by Lynette R. Holloway; Ebony, Vol. 61, February 2006

Subjects:

Blacks--Health aspects, Reducing exercises--Health aspects, Weight loss--Health aspects, Weight loss--Methods

Collections: Entire Library

Lighten Up! Control Your Weight by Eating Healthy and Exercising...tips to help keep your weight-loss/weight-control program on track: * Monitor your...blood sugar levels in diabetics." Weight control experts say that eating a healthy...
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Not Thin Enough: When Losing Weight Becomes Losing Control

Magazine article by Lana D'Amico; Dance Magazine, Vol. 77, October 2003

Subjects:

Anorexia--Personal narratives, Women dancers--Health aspects, Women dancers--Personal narratives

Collections: Entire Library

Not Thin Enough: When Losing Weight Becomes Losing Control. by Lana DAmico...impossible to maintain such a low body weight and still have the stamina that...shedding a pound or two, I lost control and lost sight of what I really...
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Dying to Be Thin: Deadly Eating Disorders Are Killing Some Sisters Who Are Desperately Trying to Control Their Weight

Magazine article by Zondra Hughes; Ebony, Vol. 60, July 2005

Subjects:

Anorexia nervosa--Care and treatment, Anorexia nervosa--Diet therapy, Black women--Health aspects, Black women--Nutritional aspects, Eating disorders--Care and treatment, Eating disorders--Diet therapy, Nonprofit organizations--Services, Women, Black--Health aspects, Women, Black--Nutritional aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...Who Are Desperately Trying to Control Their Weight. by Zondra Hughes...sometimes deadly, attempt to control their weight. Researchers Ruth H. Striegel-Moore...I was obsessed with losing weight and not getting raped again...

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Newspaper Articles on: weight control

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Surgery Rises for Weight Control

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 12, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Surgery Rises for Weight Control. Byline: Marguerite Higgins...percent of surgery patients regain their weight. "This is primarily from patients...obesity rate. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that about 64...
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I've Lost 10 Stone Thanks to a Gastric Band ...Could You? ; IN CONTROL: Michelle Woods Was Ashamed at Being Almost 23st, Far Left, but Is Now 'Confident, Fit and Healthy' WILLPOWER: Carol Hayes and, Inset, before She Lost Her Weight STRUGGLE: The Band Didnt Work for Lindsey

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), August 31, 2008

Subjects:

Bariatric surgery, Medical research, Medicine, Experimental, Obesity, Obesity--Surgery, Weight loss

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Could You? ; IN CONTROL: Michelle Woods Was...before She Lost Her Weight STRUGGLE: The Band...tuck. But I feel in control of my eating for...fitted in 2005 . WEIGHT LOSS: FIVE STONE...willpower. Its in control of me and thats just...removed after a year. WEIGHT LOSS: SIX STONE AFTER...
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Health: My Moment of Truth Came When I Bought a Size18; Terry Costello Was in Denial That Her Weight Had Spiralled out of Control. It Was Only When She Couldn't Fit into a Size14 That She Admitted She Was Terrified of Being Fat and 40,writes Margaret Mallon

Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), September 14, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Costello Was in Denial That Her Weight Had Spiralled out of Control. It Was Only When She Couldnt...complete the last lap of the weight-loss race. Here Terry Costello...says Terry. I had ignored my weight problem for years by squeezing...
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GADGETS: Up, Up and Away; Most of Us Can Only Stare in Awe at Those Semi-Professional Pilots with Their Overpriced Remote Control Airborne Machines, Looping-the-Loop, Trimming Tails off Birds and Making Perfect Landings. Now There Is a Growing Collection of Aerial Acrobatic Craft Designed Especially for the Amateur Market, Light-Weight, Cheap and Easy to Use, Writes Peter Jenkins

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), April 11, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Semi-Professional Pilots with Their Overpriced Remote Control Airborne Machines, Looping-the-Loop, Trimming...Especially for the Amateur Market, Light-Weight, Cheap and Easy to Use, Writes Peter Jenkins...fromfirebox.com Charge it up from the remote control handset for 30 minutes for an impressive...
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Your LIFE: Control YOUR Weight WHATEVER YOUR Age; WANT TO STAY SLIM THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFE? THEN IT'S IMPORTANT TO ADAPT YOUR DIET AND EXERCISE ROUTINE AS YOUR BODY CHANGES THROUGH THE DECADES.. BY JULIETTE KELLOW

Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), November 27, 2006

Subjects:

Diet, Obesity

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Your LIFE: Control YOUR Weight WHATEVER YOUR Age; WANT TO STAY SLIM THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFE? THEN...your risk of osteoporosis in later life so dont skip dairy to control your weight. Instead opt for reduced-fat milk, cheese and yogurt. Your exercise...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: weight control

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Birth Control

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...induces undesirable side effects, such as nausea, headache, weight gain, and increased tendency to develop blood clots. The IUDs...uterine infection, septic abortion, and other problems. If birth control fails (or is not used), doctors may prescribe several large...
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Amphetamine

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...supplies or clandestine laboratories. Uses Prescription amphetamines have been used for short periods of time in weight-control programs to suppress appetite and to treat narcolepsy. They were used as vasoconstrictors in inhalant therapy to shrink...
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Diet , in Nutrition

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...and less red meat, and are aware of the need to control their weight. The latter has given rise to many ineffective, and...all of the necessary daily nutrients. Successful weight control requires a carefully planned regimen of exercise...
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Snowmobile

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...except that they are of the lightest practicable weight. The driver steers by manipulating handlebars that control skilike runners on the front of the vehicle and by shifting his body weight. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University...
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Dam

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...lake; dams are also sometimes used to control or contain rockslides, mudflows, and the...Gravity dams are dependent upon their own weight for resistance to the pressure of the...to provide for irrigation, to aid flood control and hence improve the navigability of...

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