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Integrating Fundamental Concepts of Obesity and Eating Disorders

Implications for the Obesity Epidemic

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ID11039482
AuthorsAnn E Macpherson-Sánchez (Ann E. Macpherson-Sánchez is with the Department of Agricultural Education, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez., corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume105
Issue4
Pagese71-e85
Publication date2015-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2014.302507
PMID25713933
PMCIDPMC4358173
OpenAlexW2051713855
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited238

Physiological mechanisms promote weight gain after famine. Because eating disorders, obesity, and dieting limit food intake, they are famine-like experiences. The development of the concept of meeting an ideal weight was the beginning of increasing obesity. Weight stigma, the perception of being fat, lack of understanding of normal growth and development, and increased concern about obesity on the part of health providers, parents, and caregivers have reinforced each other to promote dieting. Because weight suppression and disinhibition provoke long-term weight increase, dieting is a major factor producing the obesity epidemic. The integrated eating disorder–obesity theory included in this article emphasizes that, contrary to dieters, lifetime weight maintainers depend on physiological processes to control weight and experience minimal weight change

Eating disorders · Environmental health · Obesity · Psychiatry · Eating Disorders and Behaviors · Endocrinology · Medicine · Obesity and Health Practices · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Psychology · Gerontology

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