Obesity

Stanley Schachter (April 15, 1922 – June 7, 1997) was an American social psychologist, who is perhaps best known for his development of the two factor theory of emotion in 1962 along with Jerome E. Singer. In his theory he states that emotions have two ingredients: physiological arousal and a cognitive label. A person's experience of an emotion stems from the mental awareness of the body's physical arousal. Schachter also studied and published a large number of works on the subjects of obesity, group dynamics, birth order and smoking. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Schachter as the seventh most cited psychologist of the 20th century.[1]  

Smoking and obesity have again been singled out as reasons that early measures to control rheumatoid arthritis (RA) might fail.  

Black women had obesity rates up to 57.5%. The same national survey also finds a big gap in the morbidly obese: 5.5% of men and 9.9% of women. An editorial says prevention must start with women of child-bearing age.  

A CDC study also finds that obesity in that age group had doubled in that time. The large national surveys used have the benefit of documented height and weight instead of just reported numbers.  

Four members of the UK National Obesity Forum have resigned after the organisation published a controversial report advising people to eat more fat, cut down on carbohydrates, and not bother counting calories.1 2  

Four members of the UK National Obesity Forum have resigned after the organisation published a controversial report advising people to eat more fat, cut down on carbohydrates, and not bother counting calories.1 2  

Despite the obesity epidemic, birth weights have remained stable over the past 65 years, report Swedish researchers, who say that previously identified rises may be an artefact of the study designs.  

Four members of an anti-obesity campaign have resigned after a controversial report suggesting low-fat and lower cholesterol diets are having "disastrous health consequences".  

In 2010, the CDC launched Communities Putting Prevention to Work, a program to reduce obesity, tobacco use, and exposure to secondhand smoke. Has it been successful?  

Being overweight can increase the risk of developing colorectal, but the paradox is that it might also improve prognosis.  

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis who were obese were only about half as likely to achieve and sustain RA remission as nonobese patients.  

Dr Deane reviews and discusses a study that looks at the relationship between increasing body mass index and knee replacement among patients with osteoarthritis.  

This best practice advice will help clinicians with the long-term nutritional management of post-bariatric surgery patients.  

he comprehensive document places obesity in the chronic-care medical-management model, focusing on health goals rather than weight loss per se.  

: This article is intended for primary care clinicians, diabetologists, endocrinologists, cardiologists, nurses, public health officials, and other members of the healthcare team involved in the care of obese youth.  

European Obesity Summit (EOS) 2016: Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from EOS 2016.  

The inaugural European Obesity Summit will combine surgical, medical, and public-health aspects of managing obesity into one varied and comprehensive program when it arrives in Gothenburg.  

International experts for the first time detail the role of bariatric surgery in obese patients with type 2 diabetes, recommending its use even in patients with mild obesity but poor glycemic control.  

Bariatric surgery should be included in guidelines as a treatment option for people with type 2 diabetes and obesity, leading diabetes societies have recommended in a joint statement that formally recognised surgery for the first time as a standard therapeutic intervention for the condition.1  

Bariatric surgery should be included in guidelines as a treatment option for people with type 2 diabetes and obesity, leading diabetes societies have recommended in a joint statement that formally recognised surgery for the first time as a standard therapeutic intervention for the condition.1