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This is a valuable resource for readers who are seeking information on complementary medicine and herbal remedies. The scope of this encyclopedia is comprehensive, but not definitive. Readers should use this as a supplement,.to professional healthcare consultation. This source has been a long-awaited product for the consolidation of general alternative medicine information."
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Information on recommended therapies for specific disorders and diseases, medicinal uses for plants and herbs are balanced by conclusions of studies on efficacy and analysis of current levels of acceptance by traditional scientists and doctors. Biographies of pioneers in the field -- including Deepak Chopra, Edward Bach and David Palmer --appear as sidebars through the text. Included are 39 sidebars. Each volume contains a color photo insert containing images of herbs. There are more than 275 disease/condition entries, 300 herb/remedy entries, and 150 therapies. ... Read more

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Title: Religious and spiritual factors in childhood and adolescent eating disorders and obesity.(Special Section: Spirituality/Medicine Interface Project)
Author: Mary Lynn Dell
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Date: June 1, 2007
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Title: Study exonerates high-carb diets as weight-gain cause in older women.(low fat diet reduces obesity)
Author: Mary Ann Moon
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Date: February 1, 2006
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Title: Guidelines focus on prevention of obesity, diabetes: monitoring of carbohydrates called key.(News)
Author: Betsy Bates
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Obesity rates are rising rapidly across the developed and developing world. Until recently obesity research has mainly focused on biological, psychological and behavioural factors. But there is growing agreement that environmental factors play an important role as well. In this study data from the 2003 Health Survey for England (n=14,836) were analysed from a multilevel perspective to examine (1) the associations of the perceptions of the local environment with obesity, self-rated health, and physical activity, and (2) whether physical activity mediates the association between the perceptions of the environment, and obesity and self-rated health. This study found that perceptions of the friendliness of the local environment were mainly associated with self-rated health; perceived access to leisure facilities with sports activities; perceived access to a post office with walking; and the presence of social nuisances with obesity and poor self-rated health. In addition, positive perceptions of the social environment (i.e., social support and social capital) were associated with higher levels of physical activity, and lower levels of poor self-rated health and obesity. Only limited support was found for the idea that health behaviours mediate the associations between the perceptions of the environment, obesity, and self-rated health. Controlling for the three physical activity measures only rendered a small number of associations with self-rated health non-significant, and did not affect the associations with obesity. Overall, the results show that certain aspects of the environment may contribute to the risk of obesity and poor health. More research is needed to examine the specific mechanisms that link (the perceptions of) the environment to obesity and health. ... Read more

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In the context of political, economic, and scientific anxiety around the 'epidemic' rise in obesity in the US, the social and historical forces engendering the medicalization of obesity have been widely discussed. However, the recent growth of bariatric-weight loss-surgery and the expanding presence of advertising for bariatric surgery on the Internet suggest the possible emergence of new loci and languages of medicalization. We sought to identify the nature and extent to which web advertising of bariatric surgery contributes to the medicalization of obesity by examining the design and textual content of 100 bariatric surgery center websites. We found that websites, through strategic use of text and images, consistently describe obesity as a serious disease that requires professional ascertainment and supervision, entails substantial individual suffering, and is remedied through the transformative yet low risk effects of bariatric surgery. In the process, social normalcy and risk reduction come to replace physical criteria as the basis for determining health. Further, websites draw upon contradictory discourses of medicalization; that is, they insist upon 'external' (e.g. genetics, environment) causes of obesity to legitimize surgical intervention while implicating individual behaviors in surgical failure. From this, we suggest that the economic and professional motivations underlying website advertisements for bariatric surgery may result in confusing messages being sent to prospective patients as well as the perpetuation of gendered notions of obesity and the entrenchment of health disparities. ities. ... Read more

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Using a comprehensive database constructed from the pension files of US Civil War veterans, we explore characteristics and occurrence of type 2 diabetes among older black and white males, living circa 1900. We find that rates of diagnosed diabetes were much lower among males in this period than a century later. In contrast to the late 20th Century, the rates of diagnosed diabetes were lower among black than among white males, suggesting that the reverse pattern is of relatively recent origin. Two-thirds of both white and black veterans had body-mass indexes (BMIs) in the currently recommended weight range, a far higher proportion than documented by recent surveys. Longevity among persons with diabetes was not reduced among Civil War veterans, and those with diabetes suffered comparatively few sequelae of the condition. Over 90% of black veterans engaged in low paying, high-physical effort jobs, as compared to about half of white veterans. High rates of work-related physical activity may provide a partial explanation of low rates of diagnosed diabetes among blacks. We found no evidence of discrimination in testing by race, as indicated by rates of examinations in which a urinalysis was performed. This dataset is valuable for providing a national benchmark against which to compare modern diabetes prevalence patterns. ... Read more

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Title: Obesity Epidemic Needs Federal Initiative, Funds.(Brief Article)
Author: Kathryn Demott
Publication: Family Practice News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 15, 2000
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 30Issue: 22Page: 27

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Title: Rapid weight gain in infancy predicts obesity. (Innate Metabolic Predisposition?).(Brief Article)
Author: Erik L. Goldman
Publication: Family Practice News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 15, 2002
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Title: Drop the kid gloves in confronting child obesity. (Aggressive, Multidisciplinary Approach).(Brief Article)
Author: Bruce Jancin
Publication: Family Practice News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 15, 2002
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 32Issue: 6Page: 25(1)

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Title: NCEP-III underestimates MI risk in younger adults. (Obesity Deserves More Attention).(Brief Article)
Author: Bruce Jancin
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Title: Physicians Need to Step Up to the Plate on Obesity.(Brief Article)
Author: Kathryn Demott
Publication: Family Practice News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 15, 2000
Publisher: International Medical News Group
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In a brief, clear and easily accessible way, this summary illustrates the dynamics of the obesity epidemic and its impact on public health throughout the WHO European Region, particularly in eastern countries. ... Read more

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It was an interesting book.
I liked the book a lot.I helped me find what exercises I could use to help my sister, but also,it gave me some ideas for my lacrosse team to keep them in shape.The book was alittle bit confusing in some parts forme, but other than that I think it was pretty good.I think this book isvery good if you are trying to understand obesity and also learn newthings. ... Read more

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This book empowers the physician to effectively care for a chronic recurrent disease that until now has often gone untreated in the primary care setting. Most obesity treatment texts are written by obesity experts without family practice experience. This disconnect has resulted in books that have little feasible application for family physicians. Dr. McKnights text takes the current evidence-based science and transforms treating obesity into a practical, time-sensitive process that is supported by logical recommendations that every family physician can use to help obese patients.

With guidelines backed by the best scientific data, the book is about application, not just theory. The reader is given the commonsense tools that patients need in order to have ownership of their disease. Ultimately, patients are empowered to control their weight, resulting in positive interaction between providers and patients.

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I found Dr Mcknights book refreshing, easy to read and full of useful ideas. Unfortunatly when I went to his website to download his work book the site no longer existed.

Weight Management For MD's to Pts.
Excellent.
Perfect for the clinician and educated patient.
Few, if any, physicians are double-boarded in preventive medicine and family practice.Thus, even fewer, are qualified to write on such a vital, and relevant national health topic.
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Few Americans are aware that obesity contributes to 300,000 deaths a year in America. Now medical journalist Michael Fumento--himself a veteran of the diet wars--turns his searing eye to the institutions, corporations, and individuals whose quick-fix weight-loss programs misinform the public while feeding a multibillion dollar industry.

Scouring thousands of scientific studies and interviewing dozens of health experts, Fumento exposes the diet industry for what it is, explodes the myths of genetics and low metabolism, and dismisses the low-fat-food fib, showing how "lite" is loaded with unwanted calories and "non-fat" makes us fatter. Most important, he offers honest, healthy, and helpful information about how important it is to lose excess weight, and how to keep it off forever. ... Read more

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Very shady and one sided
On page 12 Fumento responds to Gaesser's claim that being overweight offers benefits for lung cancer and breast cancer victims (Gaesser claims the overweight and obese fare better with breast and lung cancer). Fumento's retort is that being obese increases risk. However, Fumento says that `those who are 40% overweight have a higher risk of dying of cancer'. Gaesser never mentioned those who are 40% overweight, he mentioned those who had BMIs in the 28+ range, being 40% overweight requires a BMI of 35 or higher and only 8% of the American public has a BMI of 35 or higher, while about 57% of the public has a BMI of 25-35. Someone who didn't read between the lines and both books would think Fumento had disproven Gaesser's claim. Fumento did not; he just focused on the 8% of extremely obese Americans and ignored the 55% of moderately overweight/obese Americans that Gaesser was referring to. Fumento distorted what Gaesser said, he didn't disprove it. Fumento has a pattern of doing this in his book, passing off the health risks of those who are `40% overweight' as a health risk of obesity for various other issues. This is unfair as 89% of those labeled overweight are not 40% overweight, and these health effects do not apply to them. Someone who isn't critical and who doesn't read both sides of the story wouldn't catch onto that subtle tactic. Whenever you read the term `40% overweight' in this book, realize only 1/8th of overweight people are that heavy, and for 89% of overweight people that risk doesn't apply to them.

Fumento claims obesity is tied to increased risk of birth defects. However the studys he used found that 0.2% of ideal weight women had NTD birth defects, and 0.4% of overweight and obese women had NTD birth defects. This is a statistically insignificant increase as 3-4% of all births involve some kind of birth defect, and the authors of one of the study admitted they didn't know what caused it or if weight loss would prevent it. By contract alcohol consumption can increase birth defects by several hundred percent.

On page 168 Fumento addresses Glenn Gaesser's claim that weight loss is unhealthy and can increase death risks. Fumento's retort is that `this could be due to the fact that weight loss is unintentional, as if a result of cancer or heart disease, giving a higher death rate for those who lose weight'. He leaves the argument at that as if he solved it and moved onto something else. However Gaesser addresses this claim five pages into chapter 7 (the chapter in question) under the heading `unintentional weight loss cannot explain findings' by showing several studies, one of which involved close to a million people and was sponsored by the ACS showing intentional weight loss was dangerous and increased mortality risks by 7-167% even when disease is factored out. Fumento either quit reading Gaesser's book 5 pages into the chapter or withheld info from his readers because if they learned this info they might disagree with his conclusions and because he couldn't disprove Gaesser's claims intellectually. Suffice it to say, Fumento literally ignored hundreds of scientific studies on obesity and health that didn't support his claims when he wrote this book, probably because he couldn't counter most of them (when he does counter them he sometimes uses subtle manipulations like the `40% overweight' one I listed above, or relying on statistically insignifigant effects from obesity like the NTD birth defects tactic). That isn't slander either but anyone who reads this book (and this book alone) will have no idea what the medical literature actually says as endless studies are not covered in this book since they disagree with Fumento.

Fumento holds up the Mexican Pima as an example of nurture trumping nature since the Pima are genetically prone to obesity. Even though the Mexican Pima are thinner, they still have a borderline overweight BMI of 24.9 on average (the men are overweight by BMI standards on average). They also have a 13% obesity rate (similar to Canada's) and a diabetes rate of 6-11% (higher than Americas). They also are probably stunted (stunting is a medical term meaning malnutrition makes you shorter) since according to Fumento's BMI and weight statistics they are roughly 2" shorter than the Arizona Pima. They also have a life expectancy of 40 compared to the Arizona Pima's 67. They are not a good example of lifestyle overcoming genetics, being 20-30% thinner in exchange for a lifestyle of being poor, stunted and having a life expectancy 27 years shorter isn't worth it. Despite their high fiber diet and endless exercise the Mexican Pima still have a high obesity rate anyway, but they die far too young for any studies to be run on how their long term health compares to the Arizona Pima.

I could point out endless other examples of this kind of shady conduct, but my entire review already has 1800 words to it, there is not enough room to disprove everything.

Fumento generally can't hold his own in debates on the health effects of obesity from what I've seen. I have seen Paul Campos and Sandy Szwarc (critics of the obesity war) disprove most of his claims, while he was by and large unable to disprove any of their claims during debates.If you look at Amazon's reviews for Campos's book `the obesity myth' you'll see several references to Fumento making 1 star reviews, but no 1 star reviews by Fumento are seen in the 47 reviews. What happened was when the book first came out Fumento made several 1 star reviews filled with very weak science (the nurses study IIRC) showing obesity was dangerous. These claims were disproven pretty thoroughly in Campos's book a few pages into chapter 1 and the reviews disappeared. Either Fumento deleted his own reviews since his science was so weak as to be an embarrassment or Amazon did since he was using multiple handles, I don't know which.

Obesity is correlated with several unhealthy behaviors and characteristics. Those in the lowest economic quintile (10k income) have twice the obesity rates of those in the highest (80k). Obesity is also correlated with a low fiber diet, lack of education, sleep deprivation, physical inactivity, binge drinking, being an ethnic minority, yo yo dieting and chronic stress. It also results in endless medical and social discrimination. A good deal of the health effects of obesity are tied into these things and not the fat cells themselves. Anyone can tell you that a poor person, who eats a low fiber diet, is non white, has no education and is mistreated by the medical profession and society at large will be sicker than someone who isn't. However this person is also several times more likely to be obese, so we don't know for sure how much of their health effects are due to being fat, and how many are due to things associated with being fat. That's not to say fat cells have no health effects, but we don't know for sure how much of the problem is due to the fat cells themselves. Correlation is not causation, as Fumento himself points out in his book bioevolution.

Even if obesity is a major health threat and has been increasing rapidly in the last 20 years, it is not the only health threat that has been growing that cuts into life expectancy. The latest study on obesity and life expectancy shows roughly a 4-9 month decrease in life expectancy (the author, Allison, claimed 2-5 years in his paper, but when pressed admitted that was not really a reliable figure, it is closer to 4-9 months). Studies have shown married men live on average 5 years longer than single men. Homosexuals have been shown to die 20 years earlier than straight people. Children of divorce live on average 4 years less than children of parents who stay together. Devoutly religious people live on average 6 years longer than atheists. The rates of agnosticism/atheist, divorce, the single life and tolerance for homosexuality has also gone up dramatically in the last 20 years. The reality is a fat straight man lives longer than a thin gay man, a fat religious devout lives longer than a thin atheist, a fat married man lives longer than a thin single man, and a fat child of non divorced parents lives longer than a thin child of divorced parents. Shall we start nagging the public to marry, not divorce, adopt Christianity and condemn homosexuality in the name of health? No, but you have to draw the line somewhere. Why condemn obesity so harshly but allow all these other traits to prosper? Who makes the rules over what lifestyles we are allowed to condemn and which we are not? Why should I give Fumento a 5 star review for condemning the health effects of obesity by using insults and harassment if I can't force my neighbor to convert to Christianity to add 6 years to his life? Who draws that line in the sand saying one attempt to force lifestyle changes for health is ok but another isn't? You can't do nothing about health, but who draws that line in the sand?

Despite the dire predictions of obesity killing hundreds of thousands of people from cancer, diabetes & cardiovascular disease (the 300k figure refers to these 3 diseases) during the obesity epidemic (1990-today) the rates for cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes complications have dropped dramatically in the last 15 years. Even if large fat cells in and of themselves is a major threat (which is not very well proven if you actually read the literature), medical care is advancing so rapidly to make the health effects will be minor. During the obesity epidemic (aka 1990-today) complications rates from diabetes dropped by 60% due to better education and medicine despite the predictions of everyone dying of diabetes from being too fat. Cancer rates have dropped by 0.5-1% a year since 1990, cardiovascular death rates are down 27% since 1990. These dire '300k' predictions are based on the assumption taht we do nothing about our health. The reality is even basic preventative medicine will compensate for the dangers of obesity. Claiming obesity kills '300k a year' is like claiming bacterial infections kill 100 million a year. They would, if we did absolutely nothing about them. But basic preventitive measures like sanitation cut the death risk by 99%. Suffice it to say during the obesity epidemic complication and disease rates fell. Being fat is only one of hundreds of factors when it comes to cardiovascular disease and cancer, and it is actually one of the weakest that is also the hardest to change. According to the ACS 60% of cancer deaths could be avoided with exercise, good diet, proper screening and smoking cessation. If we took the mental energy and economic funds we spend trying to lose weight for health reasons and instead used them to encourage people to do these four things instead we'd literally save half a million lives a year from cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular disease because we devoted our energy to something more productive. Anyone gets their info from Fumento and Fumento alone wouldn't know that his advice is among the weakest and least effective ways to improve health. PS, eating health and exercising are not guaranteed to lead to substantial weight loss, only calorie restriction is guaranteed to do that. They are not the same thing.

I'd also like to know Fumento' response to the latest CDC report on obesity. The latest report found that a BMI of 25-30 was healthier than a BMI of 18.5-25 (this was after pre-existing diseases were factored out), that mortality from obesity doesn't become major issue until BMI hits 35 (only 1/8th of overweight people have a BMI of 35 or more, the 90% of overweight people actually have lower mortality than those in the 18-25 range when taken as a whole) and that the ties between death and weight were statistically insignificant since they had a correlation of less than 2 (2 is the cutoff for statistical significance, the ties were 0.8-1.7)

However by all means read Fumento's book. Just understand he is to healthcare and obesity what Limbaugh is to politics. His views are biased by personal preference and many are weak and untrustworthy when examined closely. If you read Fumento and Crister, be sure to also read something by Paul Ernsberger, Paul Campos, Glenn Gaesser or Sandy Szwarc. Sandy Szwarc's 11 part special `weighing obesity' at tech central station is a good start, and available online (google the phrase `szwarc mikey doesn't like it' to read it). There are too many holes in Fumento's arguments for me to address them all in a short Amazon review. They'd do a much better job.

That's not to say there are absolutely no health risks of obesity. But the issue is far more complex than the simplistic picture Fumento paints. Anyone who reads this book and reads nothing else before making a decision will be as informed as someone who gets all their info on international politics from Rush Limbaugh.

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Agressive, but warranted tone and an excellent read
Fumento's "Fat of The Land" is excellent, as he is realistic about the growing epidemic of obesity in America.Many feel his aggressive tone is unwarranted, but I merely think he is speaking as a medical journalist trying to spread the word to Americans of all the lies and fake diets that are only escalating the problem.And he's trying to help people understand - this is an inexcusable problem.
I simply don't think that he's attacking people's visual looks or trying to intentionally hurt feelings when he attacks obesity.He's merely pointing out how it's NOT okay to accept it, because it is such a health problem in our society, it has approached tobacco as the leading preventable cause of death in America.Instead of forming groups justifying the unhealthiness, we need to be working on how to solve it.
He justifies all of his points well with concrete data.An estimated 600,000 deaths influenced by obesity occurred while he took the two years to write the book.One in ten heart attacks can directly be attributed to obesity alone.
There is quite a bit of data, as he needs to support all of his arguments, yet he writes in a way that is still very readable and enjoyable to page through.He's been there, struggling with his weight for quite some time in his life, so to me its genuine - making it even more readable.
Obesity is drastically reducing the quality and quantity of life in our country today.If you'd like to know more, or if you'd like to read practical solutions, "The Fat of the Land" is the book for you.

Unfair, unbalanced, and unthinking
The poor research that provides this book its back-bone is scary. Fumento genuinely adds nothing to this conversation. Oh, he can repeat things and he can tell us what we expect to hear, but he is depending on an uncritical audience who will assume it must be so because that is what they've always expected to be so. Fumento has developed a habit of launching into rages against anyone who suggests a different view on fat, but he never examines their case or the evidence they cite. Reading his book on the topic, its no surprise. Fumento is an idealogue who finds whatever evidence supports his view and then proceeds to pretend that this is all the evidence that exists. I don't doubt that he believes this to be so, considering how vicious and unthinking his attacks are on those who question or challenge his assertions. He has done this for a host of other causes where he has been met with a more justly critical reception. It is a shame this book is not as readily written off as the rest of his work. Its not science. Its not even science journalism. Its deceptive propaganda, and you would do well to look elsewhere.

fumin' fumento
I first saw Fumento on a news magazine show.He was sitting at his desk hiding his, what I figured to be his gut, not even pretending to be interested in the reporter.He was going on about how fat everyone else is.I take it a mirror is a rare thing in the Fumento household.

For some reason I took this wack o' crap out at the library.Boy was that a mistake.And you will be disapointed as well if you buy this piece of junk.Pseudo-science galore and chock full of inaccuracies.You could get better results sitting on a toilet.

As I remember the interview, Fumento couldn't even speak properly.He kept mincing his words and making noises like a sick puppy.It's a wonder he received a book advance much less his high school diploma.Just goes to show you what goes for writing ability these days.

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Title: Misplaced blame and ignorance: the institute of medicine report on food advertising and childhood obesity is a serious indictment ... based on outdated research.(Food Marketing to Children and Youth)
Author: Dave Fusaro
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Date: January 1, 2006
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Title: Six tips can help avert obesity in youngsters.
Author: Doug Brunk
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Date: May 1, 2006
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