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Chapter 1: Basics
Measurements of Obesity Caloric Intake Goal Setting Ideal Weight What Is a Calorie? Portions Weighing Daily & Confrontation Labels or Mislabels? Quality, Not Quantity	Records Counting Fat Grams Waist-to-Hip Ratio Triple Imperative® Calorie Books Obesity, Well-being, & Wellness Percent Fat Weight Re-gain—The Facts Weight-Loss Plateau
Chapter 2: Metabolism
Metabolism Myths Eating Less But Weighing More—An American Phenomenon Weight Cycling—A Problem? “I Don’t Eat Anything”	Beta-III & Me Oh, My! I’m Fat! Chubby Mice Gluttony Makes Me Hot Fidgeting Is N.E.A.T.
Chapter 3: Social& Cultural Issues
Socioeconomics Food Habits Fat Latinos Weekends, Weddings, & Wakes Gluttony & Sloth Fat Prejudice Holiday Weight Gain Break Rooms “You’re Too Thin” For Better or Worse American Obesity Association (AOA) Obesity in the New Millennium Physicians’ Obesity Education Sex & Marriage Birthdays & Parties	African American Food Concerns Pre-judging See One, Do One, Teach One Airline Food Fried Chicken ‘Super Value’ Pack North American Association for the Study of Obesity (NAASO) Supermarket Strategies The Easter Bunny Body Image Make Them Lose Optimistic Bias, Race, & Culture Teen Obesity: Study & Newsweek Food Police
Chapter 4: Diet Types & Methods
Very Low Calorie Diets (VLCDs) Choosing Diet Programs Meal Replacement Strategies Sugar-A-Buster? Weight-Loss Winners Meathead Sugar Buster Babies Dr. Atkins	Eat Plants—Get Thin Mediterranean Diet Vegetarians Skipping Meals Longevity & Diet? Cancer-Reducing Diets 5 Per Day P.U.S.H
Chapter 5: Medications
Meridia® (Sibutramine) Xenical® (Orlistat) Phenylpropanolamine Phen-Fen & Heart Valve Damage Binge Eating & Drug Treatment Meridia® & Metabolism Diet Pill: Cost Savings	Herbal Weight Loss Treatments Xenical® (Orlistat) & Cholesterol Meridia® (Sibutramine) & Hispanics Xenical® (Orlistat) & Heart Disease Drug Costs & Obesity Weight Gain & Antidepressants: Tricyclics Weight Gain & Antidepressants: Lithium Weight Gain & Antidepressants: SSRIs
Chapter 6: Medical Issues in Obesity
Cholesterol Diabetes Mellitus Migraine Headaches Infertility Plantar Fasciitis Cholesterol Medication Acid Heartburn Hypertension Depression, Diet, & Exercise Colon Cancer, Weight, & Exercise Animals Cause Colon Cancer Vegetables & Blindness Back Pain Gallstones & Exercise Atherosclerosis & Weight Loss Ear Crease	Breathlessness & Obesity Surgery for Diabetes, Hypertension, & Cholesterol Fish & Cancer Risk Diabetic Nerve Damage Laproscopic Gastric Bypass Vitamin C, Homocysteine, & Arteries Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Diabetes: Preferable Exercises Pound of Prevention Study Letterman & Ryan Baldness, Heart Disease, & Waist Size Bad Breath & Foods Acid Reflux & Degree of Obesity Neck Pain & Obesity Bone Pain, Diet, & Osteomalacia Blood Pressure: Modest Weight Loss
Chapter 7: Genetics
Environment vs. Genetics: Exercise Short People Estrogen & Twins
Chapter 8: Childhood Obesity
Adolescent Obesity Lifestyle & Obese Children TV & Weight in Children Childhood Predictors of Adult Obesity	Self-Esteem & Risk Behaviors in Obese Children High Blood Pressure in Teens Baby Fat Baby Feet
Chapter 9: Behaviors/Psychology
Self-Esteem & Obesity Binge Eating—A Disorder? Yo-yo Syndrome Videogames vs. TV? Willpower vs. Discipline Enablers & Massive Obesity Stress & Over-eating Blame Your Spouse Pain & Motivation Food Is Love Sugar Addict	Addicted: The Fat Lady Self-Efficacy & Bingeing Anorexia & Dieting Holiday Depression: Food or Feelings? Failure SyndromeTM Success CycleTM Deprivation Accountability Willpower Eating—Not Cheating
Chapter 10: Nutrition
Condiments Benecol® ‘Butter’ Coffee & Tea Fruit Baked Goods Candy & Longevity Eggs Oils Stocks & Roux Coffee & Gallstone Prevention Orange Juice Grape Juice Cheese Nuts Liquor Cereal ‘Light’ Food	Mayonnaise Milk Ice Cream & Frozen Desserts Avocados & Fat Chocolate Soups Hamburgers & Fries Onions & Bone Beer, Soft Drinks, Teens,& Insulin Green Tea Peanut Butter Steak Salad Dressing Soft Drinks Water Bacon
Chapter 11: Exercise
Circuit Training Abs Hormones & Exercise Sex Drive & Exercise Fat & Fit? Strength Training vs. Spinal Surgery Exercise & Twins The Elderly & Exercise Tai Chi Youth Strength Training Asthma & Exercise	Congestive Heart Failure & Exercise ‘Unfit’ Equals Other Risk Factors Swimming Short-Bout Home Exercise Hostility & Exercise Physical Activity Records Muscle Soreness Bulking Up Butts & Balance Home Gym
Chapter 12: Ecology
‘I Don’t Have Time’ School Lunch Restaurants & Fatness	A Lesson Plan for Teaching Obesity The ‘Right’ Time
Chapter 13: Hormones
Hormones & Obesity Leptin Leptin & Genetics Cortisone & Obesity Hormone Type DHEA	Estrogen: No Cancer Depo Provera More on DHEA Leptin, Insulin, & Strength Exercise Thyroid Hormone Fatness, Menopause, & Breast Cancer
Chapter 14: Physiology
Abdominal Obesity Fluid Retention Autonomic Nervous System Satiety Serotonin & Obesity Swollen & Hairy Hedonic Smells & Cravings	Inflammation & Obesity Sugar Addiction Studies ‘Puffy’ Women Ketosis Bowel Function Liquid Sugar—Running on Empty
Chapter 15: Nutritional Food Supplements
Capsaicin Soy Flour (Isoflavenoids) Vitamin E—Tardive Dyskinesia Treatment Olestra Fat Substitute Tomatoes & Reduced Cancer Chitosan: No Benefit Magnesium, Potassium, & Arrhythmias Folic Acid, Vitamin B6, & Heart Disease Zinc Vitamin D & Calcium	Aspartame Prostate & Saw Palmetto Bipolar Disorder & Fish Oil Magnesium & Diabetes Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) Chromium & Diabetes Linoleic Acid & Inflammation Creatine Vitamin B12 & Breast Cancer Diabetes: Herbal Supplements