Handbook of Psychology

118 Asthma Levitan, H. (1985). Onset of asthma during intense mourning. Psychosomatics, 26,939...941. Loew, T. H., Siegfried, W. ...

References 119 Rietveld, S., & Prins, P. J. (1998). The relationship between nega- tive emotions and acute subjective and ob ...

120 Asthma Vazquez, M. I., & Buceta, J. M. (1993a). Effectiveness of self- management programmes and relaxation training in ...

CHAPTER 6 Obesity JOYCE A. CORSICA AND MICHAEL G. PERRI 121 CLASSIFICATION OF OBESITY 121 “Ideal Weight” 122 Body Mass Index 122 ...

122 Obesity health consequences. An individual is considered obese when body fat content equals or exceeds 30% to 35% in women o ...

Epidemiology of Obesity 123 TABLE 6.2 World Health Organization Classification of Overweight According to BMI and Risk of Comorb ...

124 Obesity Nutrition Examination Surveys I, II, III (NHANES I-III; Flegal et al., 1998; Kuczmarski et al., 1994) allow a com- p ...

Consequences of Obesity 125 75% higher with BMIs 27; 137% higher with BMIs 32) (Rexrode et al., 1997). Gallstones.Obesity is a r ...

126 Obesity expenditures in the United States. The indirect costs (i.e., lost productivity due to morbidity and mortality from d ...

Contributors to Obesity 127 obesity in the Pima Indians of rural Mexico is less than half that of their Arizona counterparts. Al ...

128 Obesity 1.4 kg among the overall population. Furthermore, the preva- lence of obesity was lowest among men who maintained a ...

Treatment of Obesity 129 may represent relatively favorable outcomes. In addition, mean weight changes provide only a partial vi ...

130 Obesity with diet plus placebo (Davidson et al., 1999). When used followinga period of low-calorie dieting, orlistat reduces ...

Strategies to Improve Long-Term Outcome 131 (e.g., 5 to 7 kg over “ve years) but gastric bypass patients commonly maintain 80% t ...

132 Obesity TABLE 6. 5Effects of Strategies Designed to Improve Long-Term Outcome Bene“cial Ef fect Observed Bene“cial Ef fect B ...

Strategies to Improve Long-Term Outcome 133 Figure 6.3 Long-term weight losses in behavioral treatments and with extended therap ...

134 Obesity biweekly meetings were scheduled over a seven-month pe- riod. Although attendance at the peer group meetings was hig ...

Future Research Directions 135 condition, which received a home-based exercise regimen, showed superior maintenance of weight lo ...

136 Obesity changes needed to sustain weight loss (Foster et al., 1997). Addressing unrealistic weight-loss expectations at trea ...

Improving the Management and Prevention of Obesity 137 emotional status (i.e., the presence of anxiety and depres- sive symptoma ...