Weight Management
Title | Weight Management PDF eBook |
Author | Institute of Medicine |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Pages | 277 |
Release | 2003-12-01 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 0309089964 |
The primary purpose of fitness and body composition standards in the U.S. Armed Forces has always been to select individuals best suited to the physical demands of military service, based on the assumption that proper body weight and composition supports good health, physical fitness, and appropriate military appearance. The current epidemic of overweight and obesity in the United States affects the military services. The pool of available recruits is reduced because of failure to meet body composition standards for entry into the services and a high percentage of individuals exceeding military weight-for-height standards at the time of entry into the service leave the military before completing their term of enlistment. To aid in developing strategies for prevention and remediation of overweight in military personnel, the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command requested the Committee on Military Nutrition Research to review the scientific evidence for: factors that influence body weight, optimal components of a weight loss and weight maintenance program, and the role of gender, age, and ethnicity in weight management.
Weight Watchers Family Power
Title | Weight Watchers Family Power PDF eBook |
Author | Weight Watchers |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Pages | 258 |
Release | 2005-12-02 |
Genre | Health & Fitness |
ISBN | 0471771023 |
For the first time, Family Power provides a revolutionary program that gives you proven, practical solutions for achieving a healthy weight and maintaining it as a family. Filled with the motivational stories of families who have achieved healthy-weight homes as well as expert advice from their coaches, Family Power gets your family up, moving, and improving health together as no other book ever has before.
The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity
Title | The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Office of the Surgeon General |
Pages | 80 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Health & Fitness |
ISBN |
Promotes the recognition, treatment, and prevention of conditions of overweight and obesity in the United States.
Maintaining a Healthy Weight
Title | Maintaining a Healthy Weight PDF eBook |
Author | Kate Canino |
Publisher | The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc |
Pages | 66 |
Release | 2010-08-15 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1435894391 |
Discusses why maintaining a healthy weight is important, and describes how eating right and exercising can help control weight and keep one healthy.
The Complete Beck Diet for Life
Title | The Complete Beck Diet for Life PDF eBook |
Author | Judith S. Beck |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 368 |
Release | 2015-04-21 |
Genre | Health & Fitness |
ISBN | 0062301594 |
The Complete Beck Diet for Life has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher.
Regulation of Body Weight
Title | Regulation of Body Weight PDF eBook |
Author | Claude Bouchard |
Publisher | |
Pages | 352 |
Release | 1996-06-19 |
Genre | Medical |
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The fact that about 30-40% of the adults in the Western world are overweight or obese testifies to the frequency of the disturbances in body weight regulation. Scientists have established that caloric intake, macronutrient composition of the diet, basal and resting metabolic rate, thermic response to food, energy expenditure associated with movement and physical activity, and preferential storage of the surplus of calories as fat or lean tissues are critical determinants of energy balance and body weight. While much has been learned, the field is poised for major advances with the advent of a variety of imaging techniques, progress in quantitative and molecular genetics, use of transgenic rodent models and of breeding experiments with informative inbred strains, availability of stable isotopes for metabolic and behavioral studies, and a growing number of useful experimental animal and human models. This volume takes an integrative approach to obesity. It is structured around four major topics: (1) the animal and human models currently available for the study of body weight regulation with their strengths and limitations, (2) the molecular and genetic basis of the regulation of body weight, (3) the metabolic and physiological mechanisms involved, and (4) the behavioral and social determinants. The 13 background papers provide a critical overview of the present knowledge base while the group reports summarize the extensive deliberations of 38 international experts. Particular emphasis has been given to promising research areas and on the advances needed to ensure a better understanding of the biological and behavioral mechanisms of the regulation of body weight, with a particular emphasis on overweight and obesity.
Health At Every Size
Title | Health At Every Size PDF eBook |
Author | Linda Bacon |
Publisher | BenBella Books |
Pages | 403 |
Release | 2010-05-04 |
Genre | Health & Fitness |
ISBN | 1935618253 |
Fat isn't the problem. Dieting is the problem. A society that rejects anyone whose body shape or size doesn't match an impossible ideal is the problem. A medical establishment that equates "thin" with "healthy" is the problem. The solution? Health at Every Size. Tune in to your body's expert guidance. Find the joy in movement. Eat what you want, when you want, choosing pleasurable foods that help you to feel good. You too can feel great in your body right now—and Health at Every Size will show you how. Health at Every Size has been scientifically proven to boost health and self-esteem. The program was evaluated in a government-funded academic study, its data published in well-respected scientific journals. Updated with the latest scientific research and even more powerful messages, Health at Every Size is not a diet book, and after reading it, you will be convinced the best way to win the war against fat is to give up the fight.