Suchergebnisse

Part 1. Global Obesity Patterns and Implications -- 1. Global Obesity Patterns, an Introduction (Ginny Garcia-Alexander and Dudley L. Poston, Jr.) -- 2. Obesity: A Long-Term Global Challenge (James Bentham and Mariachiara Di Cesare) -- 3. Economic Costs of Obesity in Europe (Jutta Viinikainen, Petri Böckerman, and Jaakko Pehkonen) -- 4. Impact of Obesity on Life Expectancy Among Different European Countries, 1975-2012 (Nikoletta Vidra, Sergi Trias-Llimós, and Fanny Janssen) -- 5. Obesity with Chinese Characteristics? Prevalence and Determinants of Overweight and Obesity in China (Jiaxin Gu, Yue Yuan, Kenneth C. Land, and Qiang Fu) -- Part 2. Obesity and Demographic Processes, Structures, and Characteristics) -- 6. Obesity and Mortality (Neil K. Mehta) -- 7. Obesity and Immigration (Ginny Garcia-Alexander and Amethyst Morgan Marroquin) -- 8. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in U.S. Obesity Prevalence: What Have We Learned from Demographic and Population Health Science? (Michelle L. Frisco, Kelsey Shaulis, Jennifer Van Hook, and Robert A. Hummer) -- 9. Race/Ethnic and Socioeconomic Disparities in Obesity (Patrick M. Krueger, Shawna F. Bayerman, and Eric N. Reither) -- 10. Sibling Effects on the Development of Obesity (Toni Falbo and Shengjie Lin) -- Part 3. Emerging Areas of Study -- 11. Fit for Christ or Gluttons for God? An Overview of Research on Religious Involvement and Body Mass (Terrence D. Hill, Samantha M. Galindo, and Amy M. Burdette) -- 12. Psychosocial Stressors and Obesity (Adolfo G. Cuevas, Natalie Eckert, and Keri Carvalho) -- 13. The Neighborhood Environment and Overweight/Obesity (Angelica Lopez and Kathryn Freeman Anderson) -- 14. Treatment and Outcome Disparities for Patients with Obesity in Emergency Medical Services (Jamie Kennel, Hyeyoung Woo, and Ginny Garcia-Alexander) -- Part 4. Obesity in Sexual Minority Populations. ) -- 15. Obesity Prevalence and Trends in the Asexual and Sexual Populations (Dudley L. Poston, Jr., Ceylan Engin, and Yagmur Cagatay) -- 16. Are Gay Men More Fit? Obesity and Overweight Differences among Gay and Straight Men (Dudley L. Poston, Jr. and Sharon Baker-Hughes) -- 17. Prevalence and Trends in Obesity and Overweight among U.S. Women: Do Lesbians Differ from Straight Women? (Carol Walther and Dudley L. Poston, Jr.) -- 18. Obesity and Bisexuality: Is Being 'Bi" and Issue? (Mary Ann Davis) -- 19. Prevalence and Trends in Obesity Across Gender Identities (Mary Ann Davis, D'Lane Compton, and Nicole Farris) -- 20. Conclusions, Review, and Needed Research. (Ginny Garcia-Alexander).