Current guidelines recommend that" overweight" and" obese" individuals lose weight
through engaging in lifestyle modification involving diet, exercise and other behavior …

In this review, we examine the original obesity paradox phenomenon (ie in cardiovascular
disease populations, obese patients survive better), as well as three other related paradoxes …

" A bold, compelling challenge to conventional thinking about obesity and its fixes, Weighing
In is one of the most important books on food politics to hit the shelves in a long time." …

Obesity stigma exists within many institutions and cultural settings. Most studies suggest that
stigmatising experiences have a negative impact on individuals' health and social …

This paper examines the surprising case of women who “come out as fat” to test and refine
theories about social change, social mobilization, stigma, and stigma resistance. First …

In a world now filled with more people who are overweight than underweight, public health
and medical perspectives paint obesity as a catastrophic epidemic that threatens to …

Beneficial effects on body weight of supplementation with BCAA, including leucine,
isoleucine, and valine, have been observed in animal and human studies. However …

There is an emerging consensus among public health advocates that combating obesity is
best done by restructuring the environment rather than by stigmatizing individuals. Although …

In recent decades overnutrition and obesity have been presented as a looming threat to the
health and wellbeing of children and infants, most notably in western industrialised …

Classification shapes medicine and guides its practice. Understanding classification must be
part of the quest to better understand the social context and implications of diagnosis …