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From:Journal of International Women's Studies (Vol. 16, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThis paper extends a previous qualitative research on female yo-yo dieters/weight cyclers in the UK. Out of nine participants in the previous study, this investigation has made use of feminist perspectives to further...
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From:British Medical Journal (Vol. 323, Issue 7326) Peer-ReviewedSo we worry about frightful epidemics, on television and in the newspapers, about the Black Death coming back or variola major rising from the dead, forgetting, in the midst of our recent preoccupations, about the...
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From:Diabetes Forecast (Vol. 54, Issue 5)Low-Carb Diets Win Converts, But at What Cost? * Should You Join A Clinical Trial? * Through The Fire: What You Can Gain From Having Diabetes * WEIGHT-LOSS PLANS GO THROUGH fashions, just as skirt lengths do. Today's...
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From:British Medical Journal (Vol. 322, Issue 7289) Peer-ReviewedLow fat diets So, it's official: low fat diets don't do much to improve cardiovascular morbidity and mortality (p 757). This conclusion is both surprising and counterintuitive and no doubt will send health promoters...
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From:Journal of School Health (Vol. 69, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedThis study determined whether female adolescents who were attempting weight loss (dieters) differ from those who were not (nondieters) with respect to a set of psychosocial factors. The sample consisted of 2,536...
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From:Journal of the American Dietetic Association (Vol. 96, Issue 7) Peer-ReviewedBoth young men and women, regardless of gender or student status, use questionable dieting behaviors. These include diet pills or powders, diets, vomiting and laxatives. Since dieting, particularly using such uncertain...
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From:Diabetes Care (Vol. 36, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedOBJECTIVE--Genetic variants near IRS1 are associated with features of the metabolic syndrome (MetS). We examined whether genetic variants near IRS1 might modulate the effects of diets varying in fat content on the MetS...
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From:The Diabetes Educator (Vol. 34, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed118 Efficacy of Meal Replacements Versus a Standard Food-Based Diet for Weight Loss in Type 2 Diabetes A Controlled Clinical Trial SAGE Publications, Inc.200810.1177/0145721707312463 Lawrence J.Cheskin...
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From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 20, Issue 37) Peer-ReviewedSchool days the happiest of our lives? I do not think so. At a recent reunion the reminiscences were of misery rather than carefree days. Along with the memories of putting tadpoles in the head's drinking water and...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 35, Issue 10)COLORADO SPRINGS -- When it comes to helping patients manage overweight and obesity, the best strategy is to focus on small, concrete, readily achievable goals, Dan Bessesen, M.D., said at a meeting of the Colorado...
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From:Journal of the American Dietetic Association (Vol. 101, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedABSTRACT Objective The purpose of this study was to determine if the food exchange system allows subjects' nutrient intake to remain at recommended levels during a weight-loss program. Design Subjects in an...
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From:Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health (Vol. 56, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedAmong adults, women are more likely than men to perceive themselves as too heavy for their height, the gender discrepancy being greatest among those within a "normal" weight range. (1 2) This finding has been explained...
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From:Journal of the American Dietetic Association (Vol. 100, Issue 7) Peer-ReviewedEvery day the media reminds their viewing and reading public that people in the United States are growing fatter by the hour. And each year in the United States, people spend $33 billion on weight-loss programs,...
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From:British Medical Journal (Vol. 318, Issue 7186) Peer-ReviewedDieting is the most important predictor of the emergence of new eating disorders among adolescents. Independent appraisal of psychological illness is a significant, but somewhat less accurate predictor. In a study of...
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From:Journal of the American Dietetic Association (Vol. 91, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedClinical dietitians use food records (a listing of the foods that a patient eats) to evaluate nutritional adequacy. However, there is concern about the accuracy of self-reported food records. Errors in food records often...
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From:European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (Vol. 71, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedBackground/Objectives: Adolescents have unique nutrient requirements due to rapid growth and development. High rates of obesity in adolescents require a variety of diet interventions to achieve weight loss under...
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From:Diabetes Forecast (Vol. 57, Issue 2)THE AMERICAN PUBLIC is rapidly getting fatter, and scam artists are out in force to take advantage of people who want to lose weight. According to a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) report released in September 2002,...
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From:European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (Vol. 75, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedBackground As formula diets have demonstrated to be effective in reducing weight, we hypothesised that in patients with overweight or obesity and accompanied cardiovascular risk factors, combining a liquid formula diet...
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From:European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (Vol. 68, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: The primary aim of this secondary analysis was to compare changes in dietary intake among participants randomized to two versions of a 12-week commercial web-based weight loss program (basic or...
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From:Practice Nurse (Vol. 24, Issue 6)KEY POINTS * Patient education is an important factor in management and nurses can play a key part in this * Poor diet and physical inactivity are key contributors to obesity * Weight loss should be gradual and...