… Although the disorders associated with obesity have … that obesity is itself a chronic disease.
This misunderstanding of the nature of obesity has contributed to the stigmatization of obese …

… The evidence reviewed in this paper suggests differences in how professionals view obese
patients. This emerges not only in how health professionals were largely ambivalent towards …

… will address three major topics: genetic determinants of obesity, the distribution of body fat …
of obesity today must consider what we know about the role of genetic determinants of obesity…

… causes, risks, and current approaches to prevention and treatment of childhood obesity, and
… closely with the risk of obesity in adulthood and is currently considered as the best predictor, …

BESITY AMONG adolescents is a current public health problem of considerable magnitude
of both prevalence and immediate andlong-term consequences. The growing concern about …

… also believe more time with the patient would improve their ability to counsel, compared to
44% of those who view conversations about obesity as the patient’s responsibility (p < 0.05). …

… Obesity has become one of the most discussed issues of our time. An Internet search on …
supported by current data. To make our position clear at the outset, we believe that (i) obesity is …

… obesity over time, individual differences in weight are largely attributable to genetic factors
6,7 . So, although the current … new scientific findings rebut the view that obesity is a result of a …

… labeling (especially combined with the two thousand calorie daily-intake reminders), and
reformulation, the outlines of a feasible program to alleviate rising obesity rates come into view. …

… may affect views about causes of and solutions to obesity. We … valuable discoveries about
how obesity is defined in various … about obesity coverage in the news appear to be currently …