Obesity

Stress-induced Eating Behaviors of Health Professionals: A Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Perspective

by Molly Doyle | Mar 24, 2017 | Commentary, Perspectives

For health professionals, stress and eating often combine in unhealthy ways. The stress comes early in their training and lingers throughout their careers (Almajwal, 2016; Curran and Boland, 2000; Kinzl et al., 2006; Pillet, 2010; Wajid et al., 2016). Anyone who has...

Getting to Equity in Obesity Prevention: A New Framework

by Kyra E. Cappelucci | Jan 18, 2017 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

  High obesity prevalence persists as a major issue for societies globally (IOM, 2012; WHO, 2013). Chronic overweight and obesity have high health, social, and economic costs (Hammond and Levine, 2010), and the benefits of achieving and maintaining healthy weight...

A Model Framework That Integrates Community and Clinical Systems for the Prevention and Management of Obesity and Other Chronic Diseases

by Kyra E. Cappelucci | Jan 13, 2017 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

Obesity now affects 35 percent of men, 40 percent of women, and 17 percent of 2- to 19-year-old children and adolescents in the United States (Flegal et al., 2016; Ogden et al., 2016). Neither clinical nor environmental changes alone are sufficient to address a...

Chronic Disease Prevention: Tobacco, Physical Activity, and Nutrition for a Healthy Start: A Vital Direction for Health and Health Care

by Kyra E. Cappelucci | Sep 19, 2016 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

About the Vital Directions for Health and Health Care Series This publication is part of the National Academy of Medicine’s Vital Directions for Health and Health Care Initiative, which commissioned expert papers on 19 priority focus areas for U.S. health policy by...

Can Breastfeeding Protect Against Childhood Obesity?

by Kyra E. Cappelucci | Aug 2, 2016 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives

Breastfeeding offers numerous health benefits to children and women globally. For this reason, international health organizations and American expert groups strongly support this infant feeding behavior (Victora et al., 2016). Given the high cost-effectiveness of...