Index - I

IAT (Implicit Associations Test), 119

Idaho Commonsense Consumption Act, 116

Ideal weight, definition/assessment of, 6-7

IDFA (International Dairy Foods Association), 116

Illinois, schools, 116

IMPACT (Improved Nutrition and Physical Activity Act), 116

Implicit Associations Test (IAT), 119

Improved Nutrition and Physical Activity Act (IMPACT), 116

Indirect health-care costs, 101

Infant morbidity, 3

Infant mortality rates
     infant, neonatal, postnatal mortality rates, according to detailed race and Hispanic origin of mother, selected years 1983-2001, 22t-24t
     trends in, 21, 21f

Institute of Medicine
     food guidelines, 140
     weight gain in pregnancy report, 40

Institute on the Costs and Health Effects of Obesity, 107-108

Insulin
     Atkins diet and, 73-74
     colorectal cancer and, 39
     diabetes health risk from overweight/obesity, 35-36
     grapefruit diet and, 126
     low-carbohydrate diets and, 79, 80-81
     metabolic syndrome and, 41
     obesity and, 1-2
     women's reproductive health, 40

Insurance
     cost of overweight/obesity, 102
     coverage for obesity treatment, 104-405
     higher premiums for obesity, 101
     obesity as disease and, 24
     obesity, cost to business, 106-108
     public opinion on higher rates for overweight people, 163
     public opinion poll on raising insurance rates for overweight people, August 7, 2003, 164 (f11.8)

Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 24-25

International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), 116

International Food Information Council Foundation, 150

International Size Acceptance Association (ISAA), 122-123

International Sugar Research Organization, 111

Internet, weight-loss counseling online, 98-99

Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT), 47

Intervention, 66-67

IPT (interpersonal psychotherapy), 47

"The Ironic Politics of Obesity" (Nestle), 111, 114

IRS (Internal Revenue Service), 24-25

ISAA (International Size Acceptance Association), 122-123

Ischemic stroke, 34-35

"It's Your Fault" (Downey), 162