Title Obesity treatment : establishing goals, improving outcomes, and reviewing the research agenda / edited by David B. Allison and F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer

Published New York : Plenum Press, [1995] ©1995

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Description xi, 278 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm Series Nato ASI SERIES. Series A, Life sciences ; vol. 278 NATO ASI series. Series A, Life sciences ; v. 278 Contents Machine derived contents note: In Search of Optimal Weights for U.S. Men and Women; T.B. VanItallie, E.A. Lew. What Is the Weight Required for Substantial Health Gains? S.B. Heymsfield. Defining Socially and Psychologically Desirable Body Weights and the Psychological Consequences of Weight Loss and Regain; D.M. Garner. Reasonable Weights: Determinants, Definitions and Directions; G.D. Foster. Is Weight Stability Itself a Reasonable Goal? A.M. Prentice. Regression Change Models with Incomplete Repeated Measures Data in Obesity Research; J.J. McArdle, D.B. Allision. Are There People Who Do not Need to Lose Weight? The Role of Body Fat Distribution and Implications from Diabetes Research; S.M. Haffner. The Effect of Central Fat Distribution on Cardiovascular Disease; F.X. Pi Sunyer. Is Self-Acceptance a Reasonable Goal? S.C. Wooley. Cultural Factors in Desirable Body Shapes and Their Impact on Weight Loss and Maintenance; S. Kumanyika. Why Should Patients Be Matched to Treatments, How May It Occur, and How Can It Be Studied? J. Garrow. Treatment Options and the Maintenance of Weight Loss; L.A. Campfield. Why Do People Fail to Maintain Weight Loss? J.S. Rossi. What Characterizes Successful Weight Maintenance? T.A. Wadden. 19 additional articles. Index Analysis Humans Obesity Notes "Proceedings of a NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Obesity Treatment, held June 2-5, 1993, in New York, New York"--T.p. verso "Published in cooperation with NATO Scientific Affairs Division." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Obesity -- Congresses. Obesity -- Treatment -- Congresses. Obesity -- therapy. Obesity -- therapy. Genre/Form Congress. Conference papers and proceedings. Author Allison, David B. (David Bradley), 1963- Pi-Sunyer, F. Xavier. North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Scientific Affairs Division. NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Obesity Treatment (1993 : New York, N.Y.) LC no. 95035961 ISBN 0306451158

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