Acanthosis nigricans, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Addams, Jane, [>]
adolescence, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
African Americans. See also blacks overweight and, [>]–[>]
aging and weight, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
agriculture. See also farmers free trade in, [>]–[>]
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD), [>], [>]
American Anorexia and Bulimia Association (AABA), [>]
American Bariatric Society, [>]
American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
American Heart Association, [>]–[>]
American society, changes in, [>]–[>]
American Youth Soccer Organization, [>]–[>], [>]
Americorps, [>]
anchovy fisheries, [>]
Andres, Reubin, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
anorexia
medication for, [>]
Are You Hungry?, [>]
Ashley Stewart (discount stores), [>]
assortative mating, obesity and, [>]–[>]
asthma, allergic, [>]
atherosclerosis, [>]
average American lifestyle, in 2005, [>]–[>]
Bantle, John, [>]
belt, theory of, [>]
Bernard, Claude, [>]
Bernstein, Bob, [>]
biblical literalism, [>]
bigness, marketing of, [>]
biliary colic, [>]
children's obesity among, [>]
body composition test, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
body fat testing, [>]
body mass index (BMI), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Bogin, Barry, [>]
bourgeois liberation, [>]
brain, effects of obesity on, [>], [>]
Brown, Jerry, [>]
Brumberg, Joan Jacobs, [>]–[>]
Butz, Earl, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
and foreign trade barriers, [>]
as optimist, [>]
resignation of, [>]
California schools
Food Service Equipment Program in, [>]
calories
in fast food, studies of, [>]
larger portions and, [>]
in school lunch vs. fast food, [>]
total accumulated expenditure of, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Canada, physical activity guidelines in, [>]
cancer, risk of, and obesity, [>], [>]
candy manufacturers
education materials sponsored by, [>]
expansion of products by, [>]
cardiovascular abilities, improving, [>]
Cates, John, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
children. See also adolescence; parents; schools, public
American vs. European, [>]
with cancer, [>]
club sports for, [>]
eating habits of, [>]
kindergarten BMI of, as predictor, [>]
with learning problems, [>]
obesity in, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
portion sizes and, [>]
reduction in mortality of, [>]
with respiratory problems, [>]
sedentary behavior and, [>]
"self-demand" feeding of, [>]
Chinnock, Laura, [>], [>], [>]
cholesterol, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
class(es). See also poor people
upper middle, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
clothing
brain-signaling and size of, [>]
spandex in, [>]
weight gain aided by, [>]
coaching, [>]
Coca-Cola, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
fructose in, [>]
reduced taxes for, [>]
Community Areas Foundation (CAF), [>]
Conrad, Casey, [>]
Consumer Action Group, [>]
consumers
lack of limits among, [>]
Cooper, Kenneth, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Corbin, Charles "Chuck," [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Corlett, Candance, [>]
corn syrup. See HFCS (high-fructose corn syrup)
Cyberobics, [>]
Dean, John, [>]
DeBusk, Robert, [>]
DeCourcy, John, [>]
diabetes
as growth industry, [>]
impaired glucose tolerance and, [>]
type 1 vs. type 2, [>]
Diamond, Harvey and Marilyn, [>]
diet(s)
high-carbohydrate, [>]
lack of self-control in, [>]
low-fat, [>]
school, [>]
Dietary Guidelines Committee, [>], [>]–[>]
discounting of fast foods, [>], [>]
disease. See also diabetes; heart disease; strokes
doctors' advice, patient income and, [>]
dollar, devaluation of, [>]
Dornhorst, Anne, [>]
dose-response effect, [>], [>]
Dr. Atkins' Diet Revolution, [>]
Durkheim, Émile, [>]
Eades, Michael and Mary, [>]
Eat Fat (Klein), [>]
entrepreneurial adventurism, [>]
exercise
class variation in, [>]
compliance with, [>]
decline in, [>]
low-level, [>]
moderate regimen of, [>]
exercise physiologists, [>]–[>]
families
American, [>]
no time for dinner with, [>]
farmers
plummeting income of, [>]
fast food(s). See also McDonald's; Pizza Hut; Taco Bell
calorie intake studies of, [>]
customer visits per month, [>]
education materials sponsored by, [>]
fat(s)
aging and percentage of, [>]
cholesterol and, [>]
diet of low, [>]
USDA limits on in school meals, [>]
Fat Is a Feminist Issue (Orbach), [>]–[>]
Fat Is in Your Head, The (Shedd), [>]
Fit for Life (Diamond), [>]
fitness magazines, [>]
food(s)
abundance of, [>]
avoidance of tension and, [>]
energy-dense vs. micronutrient-rich variety in, [>]
regulation of, [>]
shortage of, [>]
warning labels on, [>]
food consumption
and price cuts, [>]
no limits to, [>]
food pyramid, [>]
free trade, [>]
French children, overweight as health issue for, [>]–[>]
Frost, Gary, [>]
fruits, [>]
genes, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
globalization in food trade, [>]
gluttony
Golin, Al, [>]
gout, [>]
Graham, Sylvester, [>]
grain siloing program, [>]
Hassle-Free Food Guide, The, [>]
Hayes, Ash, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
health. See also disease
children's, [>]
conscious, [>]
dental, [>]
as global issue, [>]
and obesity, [>]
Healthy People 2000 Initiative, [>]
Hebebrand, Johannes, [>]–[>], [>]
Hennessy, Betty, [>]
HFCS (high-fructose corn syrup), [>]
development of, [>]
fat oxidation, storage, and, [>]
reduced cost of, [>]
Hill, James O., [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Hirschmann, Jane, [>]
Hispanics, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
metabolic inheritance of, [>]
HMOs, costs of obesity to, [>], [>]–[>]
Hot Topic, [>]
House Committee on Agriculture, [>], [>]
Human Nutrition Research Center (USDA), [>]
hypercholesterolemia, [>]
hyperinsulinemia, [>], [>], [>], [>]
hypertension, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
hypoglycemia, [>]
Illinois, physical education in, [>]
immigrants, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
impaired glucose tolerance, [>]
inflation
in food costs, [>]
in labor costs, [>]
obsession with, [>]
insulin
insulin resistance, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Jarvis, Harvey, [>]
Katahn, Martin, [>]
Kaufman, Francine, [>], [>]–[>]
Kennedy, John F., [>], [>]–[>]
Kumanyika, Shiriki, [>]
labor unions, [>]
land costs, [>]
Latinos. See Hispanics
laziness, exercise and, [>]
Levy, Carolyn, [>]
liberation movements, [>]
liver steatosis, [>]
Lopez, Jennifer, [>]
Los Angeles, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Ludwig, David, [>]
Malaysia. See palm oil, Malaysian
marketing
Mayes, P. A., [>]
customer visits per month, [>]
education materials sponsored by, [>]
Happy Meals, children, and, [>]
President's Council on Physical Fitness and, [>]
Ronald McDonald and, [>]
stock slump of, [>]
meals
no time for family, [>]
separate for children, [>]
meat
boycott of, [>]
media
and ethnic stereotypes, [>]
and health manifestos, [>]
medication
for anorexia, [>]
for diabetes, [>]
men
self-perception of, [>]
Meridia (medication), [>]–[>], [>]
metabolism
inherited, [>]
Metropolitan Life Build Study, [>]–[>]
military, physical fitness and, [>]
Moll-Weiss, Augusta, [>]
mortality
and fitness status, [>]
Musial, Stan, [>]
National Institutes of Health (NIH), [>]
National Weight Control Registry, [>], [>]
North American Association for the Study of Obesity (NAASO), [>]–[>]
nutrient control, [>]
nutrition education, [>], [>]–[>]
nutritionists, [>]
obesity
as community-related phenomenon, [>]
disproportionate among poor, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
as global health issue, [>]
liquid calories and, [>]
as national epidemic, [>]
as normal response to America's environment, [>]
race correlations with, [>]
snack foods and, [>]
social stigma of, [>]
treatment for, [>]
Ornish, Dean, [>]
overweight. See obesity; weight
oxygen
peak intake of, [>]
Paffenbarger, Ralph, Jr., [>]–[>], [>]
palm oil, Malaysian, [>]
McDonald's and, [>]
processing of, [>]
as similar to lard, [>]
as stable fat, [>]
pancreas, diabetes and, [>]–[>]
parents
overindulgent, [>]
physical activity
correlation with mental activity, [>]
physical education, [>]
class sizes in, [>]
coaching by non-PE teachers and, [>]
co-ed, [>]
reinvesting in, [>]
requirements for, [>]
physical fitness. See also exercise; President's Council on Physical Fitness
categories of, [>]
club sports for children and, [>]
"Colorado on the Move" and, [>]
death rates and, [>]
empowerment and, [>]
of fat people, [>]
income classes and, [>]
lack of, in children, [>]
military and, [>]
playgrounds and parks for, [>]
and Presidential Fitness Awards, [>]
programs in 1960s for, [>]
Pizza Hut, [>]
Poage, William, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Policy Analysis Inc. (PAI), [>]–[>]
poor people
doctors' advice to, [>]
exercise for, [>]
growth patterns of, [>]
long-term undernutrition among, [>]
obesity disproportionate among, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
snacking by, [>]
television, exercise, and, [>]
in urban centers, [>]
Popkin, Barry, [>]
Pray Your Weight Away (Shedd), [>]
President's Council on Physical Fitness
corporate sponsors of, [>]
founding of, [>]
national youth fitness consortium for, [>]
property tax caps, [>]
Proposition [>] (California), [>]–[>], [>], [>]
proteins, [>]
in feed meal, [>]
protests, of inflated food prices, [>]
Pseudotumor cerebri, [>]
puberty, [>]
puericulture system (France), [>]–[>]
race, [>], [>]–[>]. See also blacks; Hispanics
rap, influence of, [>]
Reaven, Gerald, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
religion
abandonment of little sins by, [>]
diet and, [>]
overconsumption abetted by, [>]
respiratory problems, [>]
Rolls, Barbara, [>]
running. See jogging
safety, of children, [>]
Satcher, David, [>]
satiety, [>]
saturated fats, metabolic effect of, [>]–[>], [>]
schools, public. See also California schools; physical education; Texas schools
academic concerns of, [>]
cafeteria outsourcing in, [>]
calories reduced in, [>]
diabetics in, [>]
food carts in, [>]
health lesson plans for, [>]
private schools, middle class and, [>]
USDA limits on fats/sugars in, [>]
Schwarzenegger, Arnold, [>]–[>]
Sears, Barry, [>]
sedentary behavior, [>]
Segall, Stanley, [>]
self-acceptance, [>], [>], [>]
self-control, [>]
self-loathing, [>]
7-Up, [>]
shame, [>]
Shedd, Charles, [>]
shunting, metabolic, [>]
sleep apnea, [>]
slipped hip, [>]
Small Business Administration (SBA), [>]
snack foods, [>]
at checkout, [>]
expansion of, [>]
fructose-laden, [>]
variety of energy-dense, [>]
snacking
encouragement of, [>]
French disallowing of, [>]
frequency of, [>]
increase in, [>]
oversecretion of insulin with, [>]
among poor people, [>]
social stigma, [>]
soft drinks. See also Coca-Cola; Pepsi
increased consumption of, [>]
Soviet Union, grain sale to, [>]
soybean oil
price reduction in, [>]
producers of, [>]
Stampfer, Meir, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
steatohepatitis, [>]
Stern, Peter N., [>]
stretch factor, [>]
suburbs, [>]
sugar(s), [>]
larger amounts of, [>]
USDA limits on in schools, [>]
supersize. See also value meals
children unable to distinguish, [>]
discounting vs., [>]
and gluttony, [>]
immigrants' buying of, [>]
price wars with, [>]
small sizing vs., [>]
surfing, body types and, [>]–[>]
Taco Bell, [>]
discounting by, [>]
institutional programs of, [>]
as second choice, [>]
redesign of stores by, [>]
repeat visits by customers to, [>]
teasing, overweight and, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
television viewing
race and, [>]
tension, avoidance of, [>]
body fat, [>]
fitness, [>]
T-Factor Diet, The (Katahn), [>]
thermogenic effect, [>]
thrifty gene theory, [>]–[>], [>]
trade
free, [>]
palm oil, democracy and, [>]
urbanization, [>]
USA Today, [>]
vegetables, in school meals, [>]
vision problems, obesity and, [>]–[>], [>]
VISTA, [>]
walking
workout vs., [>]
Wallerstein, David, [>]–[>], [>]
movie theaters, jumbo sizes and, [>]–[>]
Washington, D.C., obesity in, [>]–[>]
weight
ideal vs. desirable, [>]
of men vs. women, [>]
waist-to-hip ratio for, [>]
weight control guidelines, [>]–[>], [>]
calorie reduction and, [>]
increased strictness of, [>]
loosening of, [>]
weight-for-height index (BMI), [>], [>], [>]. See also body mass index
weight loss programs, [>]. See also diet(s)
Willett, Walter, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
Williams, Paul, [>]
willpower, importance of, [>]
body images of, [>]
menstrual problems, overweight, and, [>]
self-perception of, [>]
work
days lost to obesity, [>]
increased hours of, [>]
Zaphiropoulos, Lela, [>]