Taller, Herman, 72-73
Targeted weight-loss products, 134
Tarnower, Herman, 75
Tate, Deborah, 98-99
Teachman, Bethany, 121
Technology, food production, 13-14
Temperament, 44
"Tenets of the Nondiet Approach" (Kratina, Hayes and King), 123
Tertiary prevention programs, 48
"That Tough First Step" (Stein), 109
Thinness
dieting history and, 71
eating disorders in children/adolescents and, 68
idealization of, 48-50
Third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (ATPI-II),41
Thompson, Tommy G.
obesity comments, 101, 103
sugar intake, 112
WHO antiobesity plan and, 114
Tipping the Scales of Justice: Fighting Weight-Based Discrimination (Solovay), 120
Tobacco. See Cigarette smoking
TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), 72
Torgerson, Jarl, 38
Total serum cholesterol, 32
Trans-fats, 114
Treatment
counseling and behavioral therapy, 96-100, 99f
eating disorders, 47-48
insurance coverage for obesity treatment, 104-405
lack of universally accepted treatment, 24
medication for, 91-95
medication, weight-loss drugs, 93 (t 6.5)
of overweight/obesity in children/adolescents, 66-67
physical activity, adults who are inactive or have low level of overall physical activity, by age and sex, 2000, 90 (f6.1)
physical activity, age-sex-adjusted percent of adults aged 18 years and over who engaged in regular leisure- time physical activity, by race/ethnicity, January-June 2003, 91 (f6.4)
physical activity, examples of moderate amounts of, 92 (t 6.3)
physical activity, examples of moderate amounts of activity, 92 (t 6.2)
physical activity for, 89-91
physical activity, percent of adults aged 18 years and over who engaged in regular leisure-time physical activity, 1997-2003, 90 (f6.2)
physical activity, percent of adults aged 18 years and over who engaged in regular leisure-time physical activity, by age group and sex, January-June 2003, 91 (f6.3)
process used to assess/treat overweight individuals, 36f
selection guide, 93 (t 6.4)
surgery, 95-96
surgical weight loss procedure, 95f
treatment selection guide, 93 (t 6.4)
walking program, sample, 92 (t 6.1)
weight loss harm, 100
See also Dietary treatment
"Treatment of Pediatric and Adolescent Obesity" (Yanovski), 66
Triglycerides, 41
Tucker, Larry, 107
Tufts University, New England Medical Center, 85-87
Tumors, 38
2000 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (U.S. Department of Agriculture and Health and Human Services), 7
Type 2 diabetes
diagnosed diabetes prevalence among adults 18 years of age and over, by age, 1997-2002, 37 (f2.6)
health risk from overweight/obesity, 35-36
obesity and, 1-2
online weight-loss counseling for, 98-99
in overweight children/adolescents, 62, 64
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