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Progress in Preventing Childhood Obesity: How Do We Measure Up? Examinesthe progress made by obesity prevention initiatives in the United Statesfrom 2004 to 2006. This book emphasizes a call to action for keystakeholders and sectors to commit to and demonstrate leadership inchildhood obesity prevention. It evaluates all policies and programs,monitors their progress, and encourages stakeholders to widely disseminate promising practices. This book will be of interest to federal, state, andlocal government agencies; educators and schools; public health and health care professionals; private-sector companies and industry trade groups;media; parents; and those involved in implementing community-basedprograms and consumer advocacy. ... Read more

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Obesity in childhood and adolescence has reached epidemic proportions in all industrialized countries around the world. Its impact on individual lives as well as on health economics has to be recognized by physicians and the public alike. Among the most common consequences of obesity in the adolescent are hypertension, dyslipidemia, back pain and psychosocial problems. Therapeutic strategies include psychological and family therapy, lifestyle/behavior modification and nutrition education. The role of regular exercise and exercise programs is emphasized. Surgical procedures and drugs used in adult obesity are still not generally recommended for obese adolescents.This book aims to increase physicians knowledge and understanding of obesity in childhood and adolescence as well as to further public awareness of the health burden and economic dimension of obesity at a young age. Several chapters deliver insights into the basic understanding of which factors contribute to or prevent the ... Read more

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Emory Univ., Atlanta, GA. Published in association with the Institute ofMedicine of the National Academies. Report from the Committee onPrevention of Obesity in Children and Youth examines the nature, extent,and consequences of obesity in US children and youth. Also includes thesocial, environmental, medical, and dietary factors. DNLM:Obesity--prevention & control--Adolescent. ... Read more

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Written by a Committee
This is the report of a government appointed committee. The honest truth is that there's no way to prevent childhood obesity and it's none of the government's business anyway, but that's not what government committees are paid to say.
It is fairly obvious that they were further restricted because there some other things they were not supposed to say.One obvious factor is the change in the ethnic makeup of the United States. The magnitude of this factor can be assessed from the tables and graphs. They point out that childhood obesity is largely associated these days in the United States with poverty. They then provide a table showing that over 35 billion dollars a year are spent by the Federal Government giving food to the poor.
There are some suggestions they were not allowed to make, such as the use of medications, although enormous numbers of kids are on Ritalin type drugs, which keep them short and skinny as well as better behaved.
The question of height is shortchanged. Changes in stature of the average American over years are simply not mentioned.For many years Americans grew taller and taller and no action was called for to thwart the tallness epidemic. We do not know why the same food intake and energy output that makes one child grow vertically makes another grow horizontally.
The decline in smoking over the years is not considered as a causative factor. Birth weight issues are barely mentioned.(They were not supposed to recommend people smoking or having low birth weight babies).
They pay lip-service to evidence-based medicine (a fashionable mantra) but evidence based medicine demands that we consider the adverse effects of any measure.Exercise is regarded as an unalloyed benefit, with no mention that any child may find it uncomfortable, anxiety-producing or embarrassing. They recommend weighing children in school. The experimental studies they mention all show that school physical educations has no effect on childhood obesity but they support increasing it.
Perhaps it is fortunate that the weight-reducing measures proposed are likely to be ineffective. If they really worked they would, presumably, be equally applied to all children and would make some of the thinner ones undesirably thin.
Some of the sentences convey useful information such as "Everyone needs to eat food and consume beverages for daily sustenance." (bet you didn't know that until they told you). There's a very helpful glossary containing definitions of such esoteric words as "disease" "health" "risk" and"prevention"that you might not know the meaning of. The authors themselves are unfamiliar with the word "we."They refer to themselves throughout in the third person as "the committee."
Even with the aid of the glossary it's sometimes difficult to make any sense of sentences written in dense Washingtonian such as "The tension between stigmatization and normalization can be addressed, as it has been for other public health concerns, by focusing on the behaviors that can be changed to promote health rather than on the individual and his or her appearance."I look forward to the English translation.

Examines the modern crisis in children's health issues: childhood obesity
Preventing Childhood Obesity: Health In The Balance examines the modern crisis in children's health issues: childhood obesity. Not only are the environmental, social, medical and historic factors influencing children's weight considered over the long term, but a prevention program identifies the best of short- and long-term interventions and how adults can guide kids away from common pitfalls. Recommendations range from mobilizing parents to making national health a priority overall.
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Consult the second edition of this authoritative, comprehensive, in-depth medical guide for information on more than 1,700 medical topics in language accessible to adult laypersons. Presented in a single alphabetical sequence, articles range in length from one or two paragraphs for minor topics, to several pages or more for major topics. Disease/disorder articles typically cover definition; description; causes and symptoms; diagnosis; treatments; prevention; and more. Test/treatment articles typically cover definition; purposes; precautions; preparation; risks; normal and abnormal results; and much more. This second edition includes more than 200 new entries, 300 updated entries, approximately 650 color images and illustrations, and a comprehensive subject index. New features include biographical and historical sidebars throughout the text.

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Therapeutic options for treating obesity are limited in their effectiveness. Frustration with these methods often leads to the discontinuation of any therapy. Addressing these issues, An Atlas of Obesity and Weight Control contains nearly 150 clinical pictures of obesity and its related conditions, as well as many pertinent clinical guidelines and up-to-the-minute data on assessment and treatment. It provides a timely and much-needed overview of current knowledge and practice in the treatment of obesity. It is an essential reference for nutritionists, internists, dieticians, endocrinologists, and medical and academic professionals.

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Title: PCPs assigned front line in obesity treatment.(Endocrinology)(primary care physicians)
Author: Jane Salodof MacNeil
Publication: Internal Medicine News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 1, 2005
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Volume: 38Issue: 3Page: 32(1)

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Title: IOM critical of efforts to fight childhood obesity.(Institute of Medicine)
Author: Jane Anderson
Publication: Family Practice News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 15, 2006
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Volume: 36Issue: 20Page: 45(1)

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This digital document is an article from Internal Medicine News, published by Thomson Gale on July 15, 2005. The length of the article is 678 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Many patients don't link their obesity with CVD.(Cardiovascular Medicine)
Author: Miriam E. Tucker
Publication: Internal Medicine News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 15, 2005
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Volume: 38Issue: 14Page: 52(1)

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Title: Cytokines play role in sleep disorders, obesity.(Neuropsychiatric Medicine)
Author: Patrice Wendling
Publication: Clinical Psychiatry News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2006
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Volume: 34Issue: 10Page: 56(1)

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The high prevalance of obesity in people up to age 80 makes this an essential issue in our Clinics in Geriatric Medicine series.Obesity contributes to poor mobility and various diseases such as Diabetes Mellitus, Syndrome X, Hypertension and Heart Disease.The authors for this issue provide information on dietary management, exercise, the role of pharmacologic strategies in weight management and functional decline in the elderly.The issue places an importance on the need to clinically assess and manage geriatric overweight and obese patients to improve their function. ... Read more

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Obesity has been predicted to become the number one health problemworldwide in the next decade. Important progress has been made to discover the causes of obesity. In this volume, recent advances in the etiology ofobesity, including its pathophysiology and the current nutritionaltreatment of obesity as well as medications used to treat obesity, arereviewed. Special attention is given to bariatric surgery. This surgicaloption for the treatment of obesity including reconstructive surgeryassociated with massive weight loss is discussed in detail. Severalnutritional strategies and diets are also reviewed. The psychosocialaspects of obesity, cognitive behavior therapy and interpersonal therapyfor people suffering from binge eating disorder that help sustain thebenefits of bariatric surgery over long term are also discussed. Thispublication gives physicians and healthcare workers, including nurses,social workers and psychologists, valuable information for dealing withtheir patients and making them aware of the latest advances in obesityresearch. ... Read more

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Title: Obese men spend nearly $700 more per year on medicine.(Obesity)
Author: Bruce Jancin
Publication: Family Practice News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 15, 2005
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 35Issue: 2Page: 62(1)

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Title: CytRx provides update on RNAi-based drug discovery programs - progress made toward developing medicines to treat obesity and type 2 diabetes.
Publication: BIOTECH Patent News (Newsletter)
Date: February 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 20Issue: 2

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The article is excerpted fromGale Encyclopedia of Medicine.

Consult the second edition of this authoritative, comprehensive, in-depth medical guide for information on more than 1,700 medical topics in language accessible to adult laypersons. Presented in a single alphabetical sequence, articles range in length from one or two paragraphs for minor topics, to several pages or more for major topics. Disease/disorder articles typically cover definition; description; causes and symptoms; diagnosis; treatments; prevention; and more. Test/treatment articles typically cover definition; purposes; precautions; preparation; risks; normal and abnormal results; and much more. This second edition includes more than 200 new entries, 300 updated entries, approximately 650 color images and illustrations, and a comprehensive subject index. New features include biographical and historical sidebars throughout the text.

Disease/disorder articles contain some or all of the following sections:

• Definitions -- brief dictionary-style definition of the disorder
• Descriptions -- overview of the disorder; who gets it and why
• Causes & symptoms -- process, substance or organism that produces the condition; any risk factors that increase susceptibility to the condition; signs and symptoms of the disease
• Diagnosis -- overview of procedures and tests used to diagnose the condition; how the test is done; who should be tested and when; time required; cost; whether it's typically covered by insurance
• Treatments -- overview of conventional methods of care or management of the condition, such as drugs, surgeries, physical therapy, etc.
• Alternative treatments -- overview of alternative/complementary therapies that may be used to treat the condition
• Prognosis -- probable outcome of the disease
• Preventions -- what actions can be taken to prevent the condition from occurring

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Title: Rimonabant tied to blood pressure drop in obesity.
Author: Erik Goldman
Publication: Internal Medicine News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 15, 2006
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Volume: 39Issue: 14Page: 1(2)

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Title: Obesity doesn't exclude laparoscopic colectomy.(Gastroenterology)
Author: Norra MacReady
Publication: Internal Medicine News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2004
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 37Issue: 13Page: 66(1)

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Text is a brief summary of the Institute of Medicine's Regional Symposium, Progress in Preventing Childhood Obesity: Focus on Industry. The Symposium was in collaboration with The California Endowment supported by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and was held December 1, 2005 at the BeckmanCenter of the National Academies in Irvine, California. Softcover. ... Read more