Emotional eating is the number-one cause of obesity in the Western world. In a society that fails to meet our human needs, millions of people medicate themselves with second-best solutions—drinking, d
Mahmood, an obstetrician/gynecologist who lectures at the U. of St. Andrews and U. of Dundee in the UK, and Arulkumaran (obstetrics and gynecology, St. George's U. of London, UK) assemble 46 chapters
This book takes a comprehensive look the effects of becoming overweight and obese- as it relates to the causes of chronic diseases and common illnesses currently plaguing the world's population. It
The prevalence of obesity in the United States and the rest of the industrialized world has skyrocketed in the past 20 years. Linked to heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, and metabolic syndrome, i
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared obesity a global epidemic. Its prevalence has more than doubled since 1980, causing a myriad of health problems for children and adults. Obesity: Epide
The teen founder of a non-profit foundation called Team Tiger, which helps kids fight childhood obesity, shares his own struggles with weight and his efforts to help families all over the world get he
Although research on obesity has accelerated over the past decade, the proportion of Americans considered obese has not declined. In order to address this critical public health challenge, obesity res
This slim report from an October 2011 workshop summarizes the presentations and subsequent discussions of two panels looking at the different groups and programs focused on food and nutrition and on p
Circadian rhythms are such an innate part of our lives that we rarely pause to speculate why they even exist. Some studies have suggested that the disruption of the circadian system may be causal for
Sleep Loss and Obesity: Intersecting Epidemics represents a major contribution to the field of sleep medicine. It is a comprehensive review of the neurobiology of sleep, circadian timing and obesity
A dramatic and worldwide increase is occurring in the prevalence of overweight and obesity in women of childbearing age. Obese women carry a significant excess risk of a variety of serious complicatio
At some point during 2009, more than 17 million households in the United States had difficulty providing enough food for all their members because of a lack of resources. In more than one-third of the
As a result of the rapidly growing rate of obesity worldwide, clinicians are struggling to provide the best strategies for treating obese patients with concomitant pulmonary conditions. Obesity does n
