Weight in America
Subtitle: obesity, eating disorders, and other health risks
By: Barbara Wexler.
Contributors: Information Plus (Firm : Wylie, Tex.); Thomson Gale (Firm)
Edition: 2006 ed.
Series: Information series on current topics; Information Plus reference series
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9781414404295
Subjects: Obesity -- United States.; Obesity -- United States -- Statistics.; Body weight -- United States.; Body weight -- United States -- Statistics.
Genres: Statistics.
Other titles: Weight in America 2006
Notes: "Formerly published by Information Plus, Wylie, Texas."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Americans weigh in over time; value: Weight and physical health; value: The influences of mental health and culture on weight and eating disorders; value: Diet, nutrition, and weight issues among children and adolescents; value: Dietary treatment for overweight and obesity; value: Physical activity, drugs, surgery, and other treatment for overweight and obesity; value: The economics of overweight and obesity; value: Political, legal, and social issues of overweight and obesity; value: Diet and weight-loss lore, myths, and controversies; value: Preventing overweight and obesity; value: Public opinion and action about diet, weight, nutrition, and physical activity.