Category Archives: Obesity-General
Causes of the Obesity Epidemic in the United States; A Post by Joseph Dixon, April 12, 2014
After teaching/directing Obesity: Biology, Behavior, and Management for two semesters, I have attained an appreciation of the complexity of obesity and its causes and its effects on individuals and the population in general. Having taught Nutrition and Health for close to 25 years, I had a basic understanding of obesity, but I never went into …
A Moment in Time; Were Americans that Thin in 1969? A Post by Joseph Dixon, April 8, 2014
If any of you wish to remember how thin people were back in 1969, or if you are too young and wish to see this for the first time, please look at the movie “Woodstock” on YouTube (turn down the sound if you do not like rock & roll!; also, don’t look if you are …
Psychological Aspects of Adult Obesity: Perceptions of Beauty, The Stigma Experienced, and the Toll on Overall Health, a Lecture by Dr. Charlotte Markey, Ph.D., April 2, 2014
Website: http://markey.rutgers.edu/ Dr. Charlotte Markey is a psychologist who studies social influences on eating-related behaviors (i.e., eating, dieting, body image). Some of her projects include the romantic partners’ role in eating-related behaviors, parents’ influences on their children’s eating-related behaviors and media influences on body image. Dr. Markey’s current research also involves the investigation of young adult …
The CDC Data Trove: Associations between Inactivity, Obesity, and the Diagnosis for Type 2 Diabetes, Posted by J. Dixon, March 18, 2014
During her lecture, Dr. Yanhong Jin presented data from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) concerning inactivity throughout the United States. The CDC data are remarkable, and one can easily go to the CDC website in order to view PowerPoints that show the year by year increases in inactivity, as well as the increases in …
The Seeds of Obesity are Sown in Young Children
One reason the obesity epidemic is a complex problem is that it has different causes at different stages of life, but a major root cause starts at a young age: For young children – It is so easy for parents and caregivers to allow children to watch TV or play computer games rather than to …
First Post – Reason for this Blog
Obesity: Biology, Behavior, and Management – spring 2014- Wednesdays 9:15 am – 12:15 pm Location: 206 Thompson Hall, Cook campus Course Director: Joseph L. Dixon, Ph.D., 132 Thompson Hall Background: The study of obesity provides an excellent opportunity to examine a complex problem from a multidisciplinary perspective. In fact, I believe the greatest surprise from …
How to cure obesity 
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