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Review
. 2006 Nov 4;333(7575):959-62.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.333.7575.959.

ABC of obesity. Strategies for preventing obesity

Mike Lean  1 , Jose Lara, James O Hill
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Review

ABC of obesity. Strategies for preventing obesity

Mike Lean et al. BMJ. .
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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Obesity is increasingly affecting younger people, with warning signs for the future from the increasing prevalence of overweight in childhood
Figure 2
Figure 2
Prevalence of obesity in the adult Scottish population. These figures combine all ages. Among older people, only a quarter to a third remain in the desirable weight range. Data from Scottish health survey, 1998 (www.show.scot.nhs.uk/scottishhealthsurvey/sh8-00.html)
Figure 3
Figure 3
Epidemiological “triad” as it applies to obesity. Adapted from Swinburn et al (see Further Reading box)
Figure 4
Figure 4
Colorado “On the Move” survey of walking. Data from Med Sci Sports Exerc 2005;37: 724-30
Figure 5
Figure 5
Meta-analysis of role of unrestricted low fat diets in body weight control: differences in energy intake in studies lasting two to 12 months (change in intervention (I) minus change in control (C)) with 95% confidence interval. Adapted from Astrup et al (see Further Reading box)
Figure 6
Figure 6
America on the Move uses the principle that increasing the daily number of steps walked by 2000 above current levels (using a pedometer), plus choosing one way to cut out 100 kcal, can prevent weight gain in most children and their parents
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