While a vast literature has developed around weight loss treatment programs for adults and
children, and a significant literature around prevention programs in children and …

Faced with the serious trends in obesity, prevention of childhood overweight has become a
major topic of research. Accordingly there are many individual studies as well as 44 (!) …

489 period. We begin by identifying the populations groups for which obesity prevention
efforts are most needed. We then review evidence on behavioral determinants of excess …

From a population perspective, obesity prevention means lowering the mean body mass
index (BMI) level and decreasing the rate at which people enter the upper end of the BMI …

Obesity prevention means prevention of excess weight gain, where “excess” means weight
gain beyond that considered favorable to short and long term health and where the excess …

This guideline provides evidence based recommendations on the prevention and treatment
of obesity within the clinical setting, in children, young people and adults. The focus of …

Although the dramatic rise in obesity in the USA experienced in recent decades (Wang and
Beydoun 2007) may have now stabilized (Ogden et al. 2014; Wen et al. 2012), the …

This chapter briefly outlines the known or suspected risk factors for (and correlates of)
obesity, summarizes a recently proposed 3-tiered obesity prevention approach, reviews …

In this particular historical moment, the increase in mortality for cardiovascular disease in
adults, the increase of metabolic diseases linked to overweight and obesity, it is necessary …

The high prevalence of obesity in US adults is largely due to major weight gains that occur
during adulthood. Moreover, obesity prevalence rates are disproportionately high in ethnic …