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Is Being Overweight Bad for You? The Effects of Weight and Weight Status on Self-Reported Health
… officials have been telling Americans that being overweight or obese is extremely dangerous for their health and well-being through public services announcements, popular health news articles, and scientific studies – all decrying the “obesity epidemic” plaguing the United States. In this same …
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Childhood obesity
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Influence of dietary treatment on the abdominally obese postmenopausal woman
Twenty postmenopausal women with abdominal obesity participated in a weight reduction study. The purpose was to determine the effects of a low and high glycemic index(GI) diet on carbohydrate and lipid metabolism. Subjects were randomly assigned to either the 1200 calorie low or high GI diet for 4 …
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Impact of a Medically Supervised Weight Management Program on Obese and Morbidly Obese Persons
<p><strong>Background:</strong> Overweight and obesity represent a major public health problem. While some studies indicate that a clinic-based, healthy-lifestyle program can result in significant weight loss, a systemic review of major commercial weight loss programs concluded that the evidence to …