This view has changed recently, owing to studies that have addressed the possibility of reversibility or prevention of developmentally programmed obesity and type 2 diabetes.
Part 2 deals with chronic disease and disability, highlighting raised levels of obesity, diabetes and hypertension in most ethnic groups.
We suggest that obesity prevention programs consider assessing depressive symptoms in order to more fully capture the potential risk to adolescent girls.
Over 10 different surgical methods are available to treat obesity, and there are several variants of these methods.
It is important for clinicians to be diligent and precise when investigating causes of obesity, as treatment varies among disorders.
In all models, to test whether the relation between depression and obesity differed by race, a race r depression interaction term was included.
For example, one might hypothesize that overeating in the family contributes to an increased risk for childhood obesity.
Halting the obesity epidemic: a public health policy approach.
