Obesity uses evidence-based research as a basis to define foods and dietary behaviors that should be supported and encouraged as well as those that should be discouraged.

Features:

• Covers the breadth of research relating dietary factors to adiposity, thereby allowing the reader to more accurately assess a given factor's potential role in preventing obesity
• Presents a comprehensive and in-depth overview of most of the potential dietary determinants of obesity and their interrelationship
• Supplies a complete picture of the diet most likely to protect against the development of obesity
• Explores the influence of critical development periods and parenting practices on adiposity
• Provides easy access to information on the relationship between specific aspects of dietary intake and adiposity

Contents

Introduction

• The Obesity Epidemic
• The Obesity Prevention Network Determinants of Energy Imbalance Workgroup
• A Focus on Prevention
• Defining Target Behaviors: A First Step

Methodology

• Search Process and Criteria
• Article Abstraction and Manuscript Format
• Lines of Evidence

Critical Periods

• Intrauterine Growth and Birth Weight
• Infancy
• Adiposity Rebound
• Early Puberty
• Pregnancy
• Postpartum
• Menopause
• Elderly

Dietary Influences on Energy Balance

• Total Calories
• Energy Density
• Macronutrient Intake
• Minerals and Vitamins
• Vegetables and Fruits
• Sweetened Beverages and Fruit Juice
• Restaurant-Prepared Foods
• Dietary Patterns
• Variety of Foods
• Reduced-Fat Food Products
• Portion Size
• Meal and Snack Patterns
• Parenting Influences
• Breastfeeding
• Food Insecurity

Conclusions

• When to Intervene: Critical Periods in the Development of Obesity
• What to Recommend: Dietary Influences on Energy Balance

Index

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