The National High Blood Pressure Education Program presents the complete Seventh
Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment …

The relative contributions of insulin resistance and beta-cell dysfunction to the
pathophysiology of Type 2 diabetes have been debated extensively. The concept that a …

Context Obesity and diabetes are increasing in the United States. Objective To estimate the
prevalence of obesity and diabetes among US adults in 2001. Design, Setting, and …

Context Public health officials and organizations have disseminated health messages
regarding the dangers of obesity, but these have not produced the desired effect. Objective …

The obesity epidemic shows no signs of abating. There is an urgent need to push back
against the environmental forces that are producing gradual weight gain in the population …

Untested alternative weight loss diets, such as very low carbohydrate diets, have
unsubstantiated efficacy and the potential to adversely affect cardiovascular risk factors …

Some studies have suggested that eating patterns, which describe eating frequency, the
temporal distribution of eating events across the day, breakfast skipping, and the frequency …

Objective: This study was designed to assess physicians' attitudes toward obese patients
and the causes and treatment of obesity. Research Methods and Procedures: A …

Hypertension is a frequent, chronic, age-related disorder, which often entails debilitating
cardiovascular and renal complications. Blood pressure is usually noted in combination with …

Abstract Data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1988–1994)
were used to examine the relation between obesity and depression. Past-month depression …