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2. “Too Fat to Fight” and “Still Too Fat to Fight,” reports issued by Mission Readiness in 2010 and 2012, respectively.
1. Alexandra W. Griffin, “Women and Weight-Based Employment Discrimination,” Cardozo Journal of Law & Gender, Summer 2007.
2. John Cawley, “The Impact of Obesity on Wages,” Journal of Human Resources, Spring 2004.
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4. Lots to Lose: How America’s Health and Obesity Crisis Threatens Our Economic Future, Bipartisan Policy Center’s Nutrition and Physical Activity Initiative, June 2012.
5. James P. Moriarty, et. al., “The Effects of Incremental Costs of Smoking and Obesity on Health Care Costs among Adults: A Seven Year Longitudinal Study,” Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, March 2012.
6. Eric Finkelstein et al., “The Costs of Obesity in the Workplace,” Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2010.
7. Understanding Childhood Obesity, 2011 Statistical Sourcebook, American Heart Association.
8. Rebecca M. Puhl et al., “Weight Based Victimization: Bullying Experiences of Weight Loss Treatment-Seeking Youth,” Pediatrics, January 2013.
9. Keynote address by Sam Kass, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Weight of the Nation Conference, May 7, 2012.
1. “Still Too Fat to Fight,” Mission: Readiness, 2012.
2. Frank Bruni, “. . . And Love Handles for All,” New York Times, April 16, 2012.
3. “Rudd Center Releases Unprecedented Report on Fast Food Nutrition and Marketing to Youth,” Rudd Center Health Digest, November 2010.
4. Ibid.
5. David M Cutler, Edward L. Glaeser, and Jesse M, Shapiro, “Why Have Americans Become More Obese?” Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Paper No. 1994, January 2003.
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1. “Low Carb or Low Fat Diet? The Harvard Health Letter Investigates the Debate,” Harvard Health Publications, July 2004.
2. “Study Compares Year-long Effectiveness of Four Weight-loss Plans,” Research Spotlight, National Institutes of Health, March 2007.
1. More “Fit Facts” about eating and workout plans can be found at http://www.acefitness.org/fitness-fact/13/Weight-Management/.
2. Healthy People 2020, US Dept of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention; Health Promotion, November 2010, download at www.healthypeople.gov.
3. “Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans,” US Dept of Health and Human Services, download at www.health.gov.
4. Yonas Geda et al., “Aerobic Exercise May Reduce the Risk of Dementia,” Mayo Clinic Proceedings, September 2011.
5. M. Rosenkilde et al., “Body Fat Loss and Compensatory Mechanisms in Response to Different Doses of Aerobic Exercise—A Randomized Controlled Trial in Overweight Sedentary Males,” American Journal of Physiology, September 2012.
6. J. Lennert Veerman et al., “Television Viewing Time and Reduced Life Expectancy: A Life Table Analysis,” British Journal of Sports Medicine, August 2011.
7. “Cutting Daily Sitting Time to Under 3 Hours Might Extend Life by 2 Years; Watching TV for Less Than 2 Hours a Day Might Add Extra 1.4 Years,” Pennington BioMedical Research Center press release, July 10, 2012.
1. Tara Parker-Pope, “Are Most People in Denial about their Weight?,” New York Times, April 18, 2012.
2. Mara Vitolins et al., “Medical Schools Fall Short on Teaching Students about Obesity,” Teaching and Learning in Medicine, July 2012.
3. David L. Katz, “Putting Physical Activity Where It Fits in the School Day: Preliminary Results of the ABC (Activity Bursts in the Classroom) for Fitness Program,” Preventing Chronic Disease, July 2010.
4. “Seven Most Business Friendly Cities,” CNN Money, June 11, 2012.
5. “Ten Fat Law Suits (including 2 threatened ones) Have Been Successful—While One is Still Pending,” http://banzhaf.net/suefat.html.
1. Deborah Kotz, “Limits on sugary drinks backed by research,” Boston Globe, September 21, 2012.
2. Ibid.
3. Amber J. Hammons et al., “Shared Family Meals Seem to Operate as a Protective Factor for Overweight, Unhealthy Eating, and Disordered Eating,” Pediatrics, May 2011. “The Importance of Family Dinners VII,” National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, June 2012.