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The Body Size and Health Debate

by Christine L. B. Selby
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Has the connection between body size and overall health been overstated for decades? This book examines how our dogged efforts to eradicate obesity may be doing more harm than good and explores alternative ways to measure and encourage health.
It's fair to say that Americans are obsessed with body size and weight—whether it's in the name of health and disease prevention or the idealization of unrealistically thin proportions. But trying to lose weight and drop clothing sizes is healthy, right? Or is it not healthy, in many cases?
In this book, the latest in Greenwood's Health and Medical Issues Today series, Certified Eating Disorder Specialist and Certified Sport Psychology Consultant Christine L. B. Selby, PhD, examines the often confusing information—and misinformation—that exists on obesity and its connection to overall health. She provides a broad examination of this timely topic, addressing the rate of obesity in the United States, questioning the appropriateness of BMI to gauge overall health and well-being, discussing controversies related to weight and health including excessive dieting, and providing real-world scenarios that clearly illustrate major concepts related to weight and health. The book also summarizes a relatively new and still controversial approach to improving well-being that takes the focus off the number on the scale. But can individuals really be happy and healthy at any size

  • Creators

  • Series

    Health and Medical Issues Today

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  • Release date

    October 27, 2017

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      • ISBN: 9798216055013
      • File size: 2074 KB

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      • ISBN: 9798216055013
      • File size: 2074 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Booklist

      May 1, 2018
      This new volume in Greenwood's Health & Medical Issues Today series looks at a major public-health problem: obesity and the efforts to address it. Selby (Chilling Out, 2015), a psychologist who treats eating disorders, provides an overview of the issue with current statistics and demographics, a discussion of the social and political implications of this data, and a look at various treatment modalities. She examines the body mass index as a criterion for determining obesity and the Health at Every Size program as a method of promoting a healthy lifestyle using nutrition, exercise, and education to reduce the risks related to obesity. The book includes a glossary, a time line, and a bibliography. This is a useful resource for school, public, and consumer-health libraries.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2018, American Library Association.)

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