J Horm, K Anderson - Annals of Internal Medicine, 1993 - Am Coll Physicians • Objectives: To describe the characteristics and weight-loss methods of
persons who are trying to lose weight; to compare the knowledges and practices
regarding weight loss between those persons trying to lose weight and those ... Cited by 128 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
MK Serdula, ME Collins, DF Williamson, RF … - Annals of Internal Medicine, 1993 - Am Coll Physicians • Objective: To estimate the prevalence of various weight-loss practices in US
adolescents and adults. • Design: The Youth Risk Behavior Survey, a self-
administered survey of a random sample of high school students in 1990 and ... Cited by 199 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►ajph.org [PDF] DF Williamson, MK Serdula, RF Anda, A Levy, … - American Journal of Public Health, 1992 - Am Public Health Assoc Voluntary weight loss is a common practice in the United States and appears to
be increasing in prevalence. In national surveys conducted between 1950 and
1966, about 7% of men and 14% ofwomen reported that they were trying to ... Cited by 153 - Related articles - All 7 versions
AS Levy, AW Heaton - Annals of Internal Medicine, 1993 - Am Coll Physicians • Objective: To estimate the relative prevalence of different types and
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SA French, RW Jeffery - Health Psychology, 1994 - psycnet.apa.org Concern has been raised that negative physiological and psychological effects of
dieting may outweigh aesthetic and health benefits. This review of the
literature concludes the following: (a) The measurement of dieting is an ... Cited by 182 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
- ►psycnet.org [PDF] KD Brownell, J Rodin - American Psychologist, 1994 - psycnet.apa.org An impassioned debate over the virtues and dangers of dieting is polarizing the
field and diverts attention from key issues. Dieting clearly has costs and, for
some, has the potential for benefit. The primary challenges are (a) to ... Cited by 201 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
RW Jeffery, SA Adlis, JL Forster - Health Psychology, 1991 - psycnet.apa.org Examined dieting to lose weight in a population of 2,107 men and 2,540 women
employed in 32 worksites in the upper Midwest. Lifetime prevalence of this
behavior was estimated to be 47% in men and 75% in women, and point ... Cited by 54 - Related articles - All 4 versions
- ►ajph.org [PDF] MK Serdula, DF Williamson, RF Anda, A Levy, … - American Journal of Public Health, 1994 - Am Public Health Assoc Data for the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) are col- lected
by state health departments in collaboration with the Centers for Dis- ease
Control and Prevention.4 During each year, an independent probability ... Cited by 53 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
JP Smith, R Kington - Racial and ethnic differences in the health of older …, 1997 - books.google.com Race, Socioeconomic Status, and Health in Late Life James P. Smith and Raynard
S. Kington INTRODUCTION For over a hundred years, medical and social scientists
have studied differ- ences in health status among racial groups in the ... Cited by 108 - Related articles - All 18 versions
RF Ferdinand, M Van der Reijden, FC Verhulst … - The British Journal of Psychiatry, 1995 - RCP In this study, the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in young Dutch adults
from the general population was determined. Young adulthood is an important
developmental period in which individuals are expected to become ... Cited by 18 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
