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Obesity Treatment

Establishing Goals, Improving Outcomes, and Reviewing the Research Agenda

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  • © 1995

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Editors:
  1. David B. Allison

    1. Obesity Research Center, Saint Luke’s/Roosevelt Hospital, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, USA

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  2. F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer

    1. Obesity Research Center, Saint Luke’s/Roosevelt Hospital, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, USA

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series A: (NSSA, volume 278)

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Table of contents (33 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. In Search of Optimal Weights for U.S. Men and Women

    • Theodore B. VanItallie, Edward A. Lew
    Pages 1-20

  3. What is the Weight Required for Substantial Health Gains?

    • Steven B. Heymsfield
    Pages 21-26

  4. Defining Socially and Psychologically Desirable Body Weights and the Psychological Consequences of Weight Loss and Regain

    • David M. Garner
    Pages 27-34

  5. Reasonable Weights: Determinants, Definitions and Directions

    • Gary D. Foster
    Pages 35-44

  6. Is Weight Stability Itself a Reasonable Goal?

    • Andrew M. Prentice
    Pages 45-51

  7. Regression Change Models with Incomplete Repeated Measures Data in Obesity Research

    • J. J. McArdle, D. B. Allison
    Pages 53-63

  8. Are There People Who Do Not Need to Lose Weight: The Role of Body Fat Distribution and Implications from Diabetes Research

    • Steven M. Haffner
    Pages 65-69

  9. The Effect of Central Fat Distribution on Cardiovascular Disease

    • F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer
    Pages 71-74

  10. Is Self-Acceptance a Reasonable Goal?

    • Susan C. Wooley
    Pages 75-78

  11. Cultural Factors in Desirable Body Shapes and Their Impact on Weight Loss and Maintenance

    • Shiriki Kumanyika
    Pages 79-82

  12. Why Should Patients be Matched to Treatments, How May It Occur, and How Can It be Studied?

    • John Garrow
    Pages 83-91

  13. Treatment Options and the Maintenance of Weight Loss

    • L. Arthur Campfield
    Pages 93-95

  14. Why Do People Fail to Maintain Weight Loss?

    • Joseph S. Rossi
    Pages 97-102

  15. What Characterizes Successful Weight Maintainers?

    • Thomas A. Wadden
    Pages 103-111

  16. Application of Behavioral Economic Principles to Treatment of Childhood Obesity

    • Leonard H. Epstein
    Pages 113-119

  17. Psychosocial Predictors of Obesity: Implications for Prevention

    • Thorkild I. A. Sørensen
    Pages 121-126

  18. The Role of Exercise in Weight Maintenance

    • James O. Hill
    Pages 127-132

  19. Diet, Palatability, and Dietary Implications of Long-Term Weight Maintenance

    • Barbara J. Rolls
    Pages 133-142

  20. Influence of the Diet’s Macronutrient Composition on Weight Maintenance

    • J. P. Flatt
    Pages 143-161
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Treatment outcome has certainly improved since Stunkard and McLaren-Hume (1959) reviewed the literature and found that less than 25% of obese patients lost 20 pounds or more and less than 5% lost 40 pounds or more. However, one of the few points on which almost all obesity researchers agree is that to date, our results are quite modest and we are generally unsuccessful in promoting effective weight maintenance among obese persons. As the title of a more recent article, "Improving long-term weight loss: Pushing the limits of treatment," (Brownell & Jeffrey, 1987, [emphasis added]) suggests, many believe that we have pushed our current treatment paradigms to the limit. It was with this background in mind that we organized the meeting from which these proceedings issue. The purpose of the three day international meeting was to evaluate the current knowledge base and conceptual paradigms of obesity treatment and to suggest directions for future research and clinical practice. Rather than simply for research reporting, the meeting was primarily for research generation. All speakers were established scientists in the field who were asked to summarize our state of knowledge in a given area rather than present the results of their latest research. Great efforts were taken to ensure that panel discussions occupied a central portion of the conference, and that the questions "What else do we need to know?" and "How do we find it out?" were consistently addressed.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Obesity Research Center, Saint Luke’s/Roosevelt Hospital, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, USA

    David B. Allison, F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Obesity Treatment

  • Book Subtitle: Establishing Goals, Improving Outcomes, and Reviewing the Research Agenda

  • Editors: David B. Allison, F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer

  • Series Title: NATO Science Series A:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1901-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1995

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-306-45115-7Published: 31 October 1995

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-1901-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 278

  • Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Nutrition, Public Health, Epidemiology, Health Psychology

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