Maine, 60
"Majority of Boomers Say They're Overweight" (Blizzard), 160
Males, 47
See also Men
Manz, Esther, 72
Marinetti, Filippo Tomaso, 72
Market
cost of losing weight, 108-109
obesity market, expansion of, 109-110
Marketdata, 108
Marketing, 58-60
See also Advertising
Martinis and Whipped Cream (Petrie), 73
Massachusetts, 146
Massachusetts Partnership for Healthy Weight, 146
Mazel, Judy, 75
MC4R (melanocortin 4 receptor) deficiency, 26
McConnell, Mitch, 114, 116
McCormack, Valerie A., 4-5
McDonald's
lawsuit against/changes of, 117-118
serving size at, 16
McGill University School of Medicine, 63
McGrady, Tracy, 168
McGraw, Phil, 108
McMurray, Coleen
on exercise, 168
on fast food, 165-166
McTiernan, Anne, 39
McTigue, Kathleen
cost of obesity treatment, 109
counseling/behavioral therapy, 97
"Screening and Interventions for Obesity in Adults: Summary of the Evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force" (McTigue et al.), 100
Mead Johnson Company, 72
MEAL (Menu Education and Labeling) bill, 61
Media
body image and, 48-50
eating disorders in children/adolescents and, 68
education of, 134
exercise campaign, 168-169
overweight children/adolescents and, 58-60
prevention message via, 150-151
Medicaid
cost of overweight/obesity, 102
insurance coverage for obesity treatment, 104
Medical care
costs of obesity, 1-2, 24
weight-based discrimination in, 119
Medicare
cost of overweight/obesity, 102
insurance coverage for obesity treatment, 104
Medication
cost of, 109
eating disorders, 47
insurance coverage for obesity treatment, 104-105
treatment of overweight children/adolescents, 66-67
treatment selection guide, 93 (t 6.4)
weight loss, 91-95
weight-loss drugs, 93 (t 6.5)
Melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) deficiency, 26
A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia (Hornbacher), 43
Men
binge-eating disorders and, 44
eating disorders and, 45
exercise, amount of, 168
"5-a-Day for Better Health" program, 142-143
gallbladder disease in, 38
hypertension in, 33
percentage of men/women in each weight category, November 3-5, 2003, 159 (f11.5)
self-assessed weight status, 157
self-reported weight status, 1994-96, 157 (t 11.4)
size changes in, 159
sleep apnea in, 39
survey results on those who eat fast food at least weekly, by age/gender, July 7-9, 2003, 165 (f11.10)
waist circumference measurement for, 9
weight survey respondents' awareness of health problems from overweight, by respondent class, 1994-96, 158 (f11.3)
weight survey respondents' opinion on importance of maintaining health weight, by respondent class, 1994-96, 158 (f11.2)
weight survey respondents who agree that a person's weight is predetermined, by respondent class, 1994-96, 157f
"Men Shoot for 9" program, 142-143
Menstruation, 39-40
Mental health
anorexia-nervosa, 45-46
binge-eating disorders, 44-45
bulimia, 46
eating disorders, causes/occurrences, 46-47
eating disorders, health consequences of, 45t
eating disorders, origins of, 44
eating disorders, prevention of, 48-50, 49t
eating disorders, treatment of, 47-48
influence on weight/eating disorders, 44
overweight children/adolescents and, 64-65
Menu Education and Labeling (MEAL) bill, 61
Menus
reduced calorie menus, sample, Asian American cuisine—reduced calorie, 83 (t 5.7)
reduced calorie menus, sample, Lactoovo vegetarian cuisine, reduced calorie, 84 (t 5.9)
reduced calorie menus, sample, Mexican American cuisine—reduced calorie, 84 (t 5.8)
reduced calorie menus, sample, Southern cuisine-reduced calorie, 83 (t 5.6)
reduced calorie menus, sample, traditional American cuisine—1,200 calories, 81t
reduced calorie menus, sample, traditional American cuisine—1,600 calories, 82t
Metabolic rate
defined, 125
low-calorie diets and, 135
Metabolic syndrome
described, 40-41
in overweight children/adolescents, 64
Metabolism, 31
Metastasis, 38
Metrecal, 72
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife), 6-7
Mexican American cuisine—reduced calorie menus, 84 (t 5.8)
Mexican Americans
overweight children/adolescents by sex and race-ethnic group, percentage of, 1988-94, 54, 54t
See also Hispanic Americans
Mintel International Group Ltd., 11-12
"Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who's the Thinnest One of All? Effects of Self- Awareness on Consumption of Full-Fat, Reduced-Fat, and No-Fat Products" (Sentyrz and Bushman), 166-167
Mirror studies, 166-167
"Misperceptions in Self-Assessed Weight Status Vary along Demographic Lines" (Kuchler and Variyam), 156-158
Mitka, Mike, 96
Mokdad, Ali H., 1
Money
food expenditures by families/individuals as share of disposable personal income, 1929-2002, 18t-19t
obesity as disease and, 23, 24
obesity surgery and, 96
See also Economics of overweight and obesity
Mood, 45
Moore, David, 155
"Moral failure", 161
Morbid obesity, 95-96
"More Americans Gaining Than Losing Weight" (Moore), 155
Moreno, Kasia, 106
Mortality
birth weight trends and, 3
death, leading causes of, number of deaths, according to sex, race, Hispanic origin, 1980 and 2001, 27t-30t
from eating disorders, 47
infant, neonatal, postnatal mortality rates, according to detailed race and Hispanic origin of mother, selected years 1983-2001, 22t-24t
from obesity, 1
overweight/obesity and, 21-23
weight cycling and, 100
from weight-loss surgery, 95
Mothers
assessment of children's weight, 160-161
birth weight and, 5-6
birth weight, number/percent of births of low birth weight, by race, Hispanic origin of mother, and state or territory, 2002, 6t-7t
birth weight, rate of very low birth weight, low birth weight, and mean birth weight among singletons by race and Hispanic origin of mother, selected years 1990-2002, 5t
See also Pregnancy
Moving Away from Diets: Healing Eating Problems and Exercise Resistance (Kratina, Hayes and King), 123
Muscle wasting, 9
Mutant genes, 25-26
Myocardial infarction, 41
Myths, diet/weight-loss, 125-128
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