The obesity pandemic continues unabated despite a persistent public health campaign to
decrease energy intake (“eat less”) and increase energy expenditure (“move more”). One …

Obesity is a major health and economic crisis facing the modern world. It is associated with
excess mortality and morbidity and is directly linked to common conditions such as type 2 …

The carbohydrate–insulin model of obesity posits that high-carbohydrate diets lead to
excess insulin secretion, thereby promoting fat accumulation and increasing energy intake …

Dietary modification is central to obesity treatment. Weight loss diets are available that
include various permutations of energy restriction, macronutrients, foods, and dietary intake …

For decades, dietary advice was based on the premise that high intakes of fat cause obesity,
diabetes, heart disease, and possibly cancer. Recently, evidence for the adverse metabolic …

Epidemiological studies have shown a positive relationship between dietary fat intake and
obesity. Since rats and mice show a similar relationship, they are considered an appropriate …

Exercise is widely regarded as one of the most valuable components of behaviour that can
influence body weight and therefore help in the prevention and management of obesity …

Health Psychology is essential reading for all students and researchers of health
psychology. Organized into four sections, the 6th edition is structured with a clear emphasis …

For> 50 y, dietary guidelines in the United States have focused on reducing intakes of
saturated and total fat. However, rates of obesity and diabetes rose markedly throughout this …

Maintaining the high standards that made the previous editions such well-respected and
widely used references, Food Lipids: Chemistry, Nutrition, and Biotechnology, Fourth Edition …