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Weight researcher Albert Stunkard has concluded through studying twins and adopted children that genetics are much more likely to determine body size
Evidence for a strong genetic influence on childhood adiposity despite the force of the obesogenic environment1,2,3
Jane Wardle, Susan Carnell, Claire MA Haworth and Robert Plomin
1 From the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Health Behaviour Research Centre, University College London, London, United Kingdom (JW and SC), and the Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, United Kingdom (CMAH and RP)
Background: Body mass index (BMI) has been shown to be highly heritable, but most studies were carried out in cohorts born before the onset of the "obesity epidemic."
Objective: ]]> Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:51:20 +0000 mod attitudes_fat http://fatfacts.pbwiki.com/attitudes_fat email.hidden@example.com (Anonymous) Anonymous edited attitudes_fat Even fat individuals have a strong anti-fat bias. Schwartz and her team provide a list of disturbing trade-offs individuals would make in order to not be fat:
Forty-six percent of respondents reported that they would be willing to give up at least 1 year of life rather than be obese, and 15% reported that they would be willing to give up 10 years or more of their life. In addition, 30% of respondents reported that they would rather be divorced than obese, 25% reported that they would rather be unable to have children than be obese, 15% reported that they would rather be severely depressed, and 14% reported that they would rather be alcoholic.
Perceptions of weight discrimination: prevalence and comparison to race and gender discrimination in America
R M Puhl1, T Andreyeva1 and K D Brownell1
Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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Objective: Limited data are available on the prevalence and patterns of body weight discrimination from represent]]> Fri, 28 Mar 2008 04:05:47 +0000 mod fat_attitudes-medical http://fatfacts.pbwiki.com/fat_attitudes-medical email.hidden@example.com (Anonymous) Anonymous edited fat_attitudes-medical Kelly Brownell, PhD, and Rebecca Puhl on bias against obese people
By Kelly D Brownell, PhD; Rebecca Puhl
We have been studying bias and discrimination in obesity for four years and have found striking results. Clear discrimination against overweight people has been documented in three areas: education, health care, and employment. The reason for this appears to be very strong anti-fat attitudes. For example, 28% of teachers in one study1 said that becoming obese is the worst thing that can happen to a person; 24% of nurses said they are 'repulsed' by obese persons; and, controlling for income and grades, parents provide less college support for their overweight children than for their thin children. ...
Barriers to routine gynecological cancer screening for White and African-American obese women
International Journal of Obesity (2006) 30, 147–155. doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0803105; published online 4 October 2005
N KAmy1, AAalborg2, PLyons3 and LKeranen3
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Obese women are repor]]> Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:44:06 +0000 mod fat_attitudes-medical http://fatfacts.pbwiki.com/fat_attitudes-medical email.hidden@example.com (Anonymous) Anonymous added fat_attitudes-medical

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Stigma and Discrimination in Weight Management and Obesity


Kelly Brownell, PhD, and Rebecca Puhl on bias against obese people


By Kelly D Brownell, PhD; Rebecca Puhl


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]]> Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:37:50 +0000 mod yo-yo_dieting http://fatfacts.pbwiki.com/yo-yo_dieting email.hidden@example.com (Anonymous) Anonymous edited yo-yo_dieting Williamson, D.F., et al. "Prospective Study of Intentional Weight Loss and Mortality in Overweight White Men Aged 40-64 Years." American Journal of Epidemiology 149.6 (1999): 491-503.
Though the popular belief says that losing weight will prolong life, this has never been proven and such weight cycling may actually cause higher mortality rates (Gaesser "Thinness and Weight Loss: Beneficial or Detrimental to Longevity"; Williamson "Prospective Study of Intentional Weight Loss and Mortality in Never-Smoking Overweight U.S. White Women Aged 40-64 Years."; Williamson "Prospective Study of Intentional Weight Loss and Mortality in Overweight White Men Aged 40-64 Years")
Changes in Energy Expenditure Resulting from Altered Body Weight
NEJM, Volume 332:621-628, March 9, 1995, Number 10
Conclusions Maintenance of a reduced or elevated body weight is associated with compensatory changes in energy expenditure, which oppose the maintenance of a body weight that is ]]> Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:33:25 +0000 mod childhood_obesity http://fatfacts.pbwiki.com/childhood_obesity email.hidden@example.com (Anonymous) Anonymous edited childhood_obesity Health Education Research 2005 20(2):259-265
The first step in approaching any health education problem or planning any prevention program is to be very clear about what it is that we are trying to achieve and to have a clear definition of what we are trying to prevent. In the case of child obesity, we need to be clear from the outset that our role as health educators and prevention specialists is not in the diagnosis or treatment of child obesity.
Prevention of obesity and eating disorders: a consideration of shared risk factors
Jess Haines* and Dianne Neumark-Sztainer
Health Education Research Advance Access originally published online on September 8, 2006
Health Education Research 2006 21(6):770-782; doi:10.1093/her/cyl094
In response to the high prevalence of obesity, eating disorders and disordered eating behaviors among youth, researchers in both the obesity and eating disorders fields have proposed using an integrated approach to prevention that addresses the spectrum of weight-r]]> Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:22:50 +0000 mod FrontPage http://fatfacts.pbwiki.com/FrontPage email.hidden@example.com (Anonymous) Anonymous edited FrontPage]]> Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:20:15 +0000 mod FrontPage http://fatfacts.pbwiki.com/FrontPage email.hidden@example.com (Anonymous) Anonymous edited FrontPage Sources saying obesity causes early death
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Weight Gain After Short- and Long-Limb Gastric Bypass in Patients Followed for Longer Than 10 Years. 


Annals of Surgery. 244(5):734-740, November 2006.


Christou, Nicolas V. MD, PhD; Look, Didier MD; MacLean, Lloyd D. MD, PhD



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Objective: To complete a long-term (>10 years) follow-up of patients undergoing isolated roux-en-Y gastric bypass for severe obesity.


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Prevention of child obesity: ‘First, do no harm’


Jennifer A. O'Dea


Health Education Research 2005 20(2):259-265


 


The first step in approaching any health education problem or planning any prevention program is to be very clear about what it is that we are trying to achieve and to have a clear definition of what we are trying to prevent. In the case of child obesity, we need to be clear from the outset that our role as health educators and prevention specialists is not in the diagnosis or treatment of child obesity.


 


 


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Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Adiposity as Mortality Predictors in Older Adults


Xuemei Sui, MD; Michael J. LaMonte, PhD; James N. Laditka, PhD; James W. Hardin, PhD; Nancy Chase, BS; Steven P. Hooker, PhD; Steven N. Blair, PED


JAMA. 2007;298(21):2507-2516.


Context  Although levels of physical activity and aerobic capacity decline with age and the prevalence of obesity tends to increase with age, the independent and joint associations among fitness, adiposity, and mortality in older adults have not been ad

]]> Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:26:40 +0000 add HAES http://fatfacts.pbwiki.com/HAES email.hidden@example.com (Anonymous) Anonymous edited HAES]]> Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:04:31 +0000 mod HAES http://fatfacts.pbwiki.com/HAES email.hidden@example.com (Anonymous) Anonymous edited HAES]]> Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:03:34 +0000 mod HAES http://fatfacts.pbwiki.com/HAES email.hidden@example.com (Anonymous) Anonymous edited HAES Avalos, Laura C. and Tracy L. Tylka “Exploring a Model of Intuitive Eating With College Women.” Journal of Counseling Psychology 53.4 (2006): 486-497.
“General unconditional acceptance predicted body acceptance by others, body acceptance by others predicted and emphasis on body function over appearance, body acceptance by others and an emphasis on body function predicted body appreciation, and an emphasis on body function and body appreciation predicted intuitive eating.” (Avalos and Tylka)
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“General unconditional acceptance predicted body acceptance by others, body acceptance by others predicted and emphasis on body function over appearance, body acceptance by others and an emphasis on body function predicted body appreciation, and an emphasis on body function and body appreciation predicted intuitive eating.” (Avalos and Tylka)
Muennig, Peteret al. "[title?]" American Journal of Public Health, March 2008 : as quoted in Reuters Health 2/1/08 http://phoenix.untd.com/TRCK/CLCK//juno.com/startpage/signin/L18/683763060/x45/ISP/ISP_RevolutionHe_CF_1_9838/ISP_RevolutionHe_CF_1_9838212855.html/436f4941495551306e31414141584152?http://www.revolutionhealth.com/news/?id=reut-20080130elin006&msc=A63432 "Feeling Fatmay beworse for youthan being fat" : "Obesity's health effects could have more to do with feeling b]]> Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:55:21 +0000 mod HAES http://fatfacts.pbwiki.com/HAES email.hidden@example.com (Anonymous) Anonymous edited HAES Bacon, Linda, Judith S. Stern, Marta D. Van Loan, and Nancy L. Keim. “Size Acceptance and Intuitive Eating Improve Health for Obese, Female Chronic Dieters.” Journal of the American Dietetic Association 105 (2005): 929-936.
A study finding that many health indicators can be improved by changes in diet and exercise (Gaesser "Is It Necessary to Be Thin to Be Healthy?"; Bacon).
The authors found that those-individuals who practiced HAES maintained long-term behavioral changes where the dieting approach did not. Additionally, “reduction in dieting behavior, and heightened awareness and response to body signals resulted in improved health risk indicators for obese women”
Gaesser, Glenn A. "Is It Necessary to Be Thin to Be Healthy?" Harvard Health Policy Review 4.2 (2003): 40-47.
Research finding that many health indicators can be improved by changes in diet and exercise (Gaesser "Is It Necessary to Be Thin to Be Healthy?"; Bacon).
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