Read Obsessed: America's Food Addiction--And My Own Online
Authors: Mika Brzezinski
National School Lunch Act,
188
Need to Know
, PBS,
88
New Diet Revolution
(Atkins),
71
New York City/Bloomberg actions,
193–194
,
201–202
New York
magazine,
22
New York Times
,
42
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99
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113
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115
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156
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161
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198
Nike+ FuelBand,
174
Nutrisystem,
73
NuVal System,
186
Obama, Michelle,
196
Obesity.
See
Weight problems (over-weight/obese)
;
Weight problems (overweight/obese children)
Oklahoma
City city diet,
191–192
design for exercise,
192–193
Oprah,
46
Orthorexia nervosa
,
118–119
Paleo (Caveman) Diet,
157–158
Playboy
,
175
Positively Connecticut
,
227
Powell, Lisa
food/food issues,
89–91
,
100
,
151–152
,
208
,
216
Prager, Michael,
94–96
Puhl, Rebecca
overweight children and,
51–52
weight problems and stigma,
41
,
44–45
,
46
,
47
,
51–52
,
83–84
,
182–183
Ralph Lauren,
182
Recommendations.
See
Weight problems/solutions
Reece, Gabrielle,
175
Rendell, Ed,
195
Robinson, Eugene,
47
Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity, Yale University,
41
,
45
,
87
Scarborough, Joe
weight,
42
See also
Morning Joe
Scarsdale Diet,
69
Senay, Emily,
88
,
208–209
,
213
,
215
,
217
“Serial dieting,”
153
Sitting problems,
178–179
Slim-Fast,
69
Smith, Diane
career/awards,
32–33
,
56
,
64
,
81–82
,
227
friendship with Mika,
12–13
,
32–33
,
55–60
,
139
hip dysplasia/replacement surgery,
129–132
husband (Tom) and,
13
,
58
,
59
,
72
,
73
,
129
,
131
,
134
,
226
Mika’s daughter’s birth and,
12
,
55–56
,
58–60
Smith, Diane and weight issues
Andy DeVito (trainer) and,
130
,
131
,
132
,
135
,
178
bariatric surgery research,
76–78
boyfriend’s death and,
70–71
career and,
16–17
,
38–39
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46
,
56
,
62
,
63–64
,
66
,
72
challenge to Mika,
18–19
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40
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116
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117
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118
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125–127
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226
dieting,
66–70
,
71–72
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73–74
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116
,
151
D’Mario Sowah (trainer) and,
80
,
81
,
82
,
127–128
,
129–130
,
131
exercise and,
72
,
73
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76
,
80–81
,
82
fen-phen,
74–75
health problems and,
62
,
75–76
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128–129
Mika’s talk with/challenge to,
13–19
,
57–58
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60–62
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64–66
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78–79
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118
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226–227
Take Off Program and,
132–134
Smoking
anti-smoking campaign,
199–200
,
201
,
202–203
health costs,
49
Snyderman, Nancy
children and obesity,
50–51
eating strategies,
152
,
155–156
,
212
trauma/food issues and,
112–113
weight problems/solutions,
181
,
202
,
217–218
Solutions.
See
Weight problems/solutions
SoulCycle,
176
South Beach Diet,
69
Sowah, D’Mario
background,
80–81
as personal trainer,
80
,
81
,
82
,
127–128
,
129–130
,
131
Stelter, Brian,
42
,
99–100
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161–162
Sugar
addiction to,
106
fat vs.,
103–104
food labels and,
107
health impacts,
103–104
,
105
,
106
,
194
,
196
high-fructose corn syrup,
103
,
105
metabolism,
104–106
overview,
103–106
statistics on consumption,
104
Tarnower, Herman,
69
Thinness/appearance and US culture,
2
,
10–11
,
14
,
117
,
126
,
141
,
142
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182–183
,
206
,
216
Top Chef
,
163–164
Turner, Kathleen,
14
,
140–142
,
145
Veneman, Ann,
48–49
Versailles,
30
Walmart,
201
Weight issues/nonissues
how you think,
136–148
See also specific individuals
Weight loss
accountability and,
159–160
,
161–162
keeping it off and,
53–54
,
154
,
157
See also specific individuals
Weight Loss Boss
(Kirchhoff),
101–102
Weight-loss commercials,
53
Weight problems/causes
addiction to foods,
7–8
,
27
,
92–100
,
106
,
115
advertising/marketing,
27
,
87–88
,
101
,
102
,
207
eating anywhere/anytime (US),
9
,
91
,
101
human evolution/biology and,
85–87
,
90
junk food access,
9
,
27
,
46
,
85–87
,
91–95
junk food consumption statistics,
84
junk food ingredients,
91–94
,
101–102
sugary drinks,
9
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11
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67
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84
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87
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105–106
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189
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194
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201
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202
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204
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205
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210–211
takeout/packaged foods,
89–91
Weight problems (overweight/obese)
blaming overweight people for,
46–47
,
54
,
139
,
180
denial and,
181–182
economics/health care costs,
48–50
,
85
,
195–196
human/individual costs,
50
linked health conditions,
9
,
48–49
,
83
,
104
,
106
,
169
military and,
9–10
,
52–53
,
84
,
187–188
pay and,
41
sleep and,
152
statistics on,
48
stigma and,
41
,
44–47
,
51–52
,
83–84
,
182–183
work productivity and,
50
See also specific diseases
Weight problems (overweight/obese children)
advertising/marketing and,
87
,
88
bullying/teasing of,
51–52
doctors’ responsibilities and,
186
junk food consumption statistics,
84
junk food in schools and,
9
,
188
,
189
lack of exercise,
9
,
84
,
188
,
189–190
linked conditions,
51
Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” campaign,
196
school food and,
188–189
statistics on,
50
sugary drinks,
9
,
11
,
67
,
84
,
87
,
105–106
,
189
,
194
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201
,
202
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204
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205
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210–211
Weight problems/solutions
agriculture sector/subsidies and,
196
,
197
anti-smoking campaign comparison,
199–200
,
201
,
202–203
changing cravings,
184–185
community design and,
190–191
,
192
,
205
conversations and,
3–4
,
10–12
,
54
,
139–140
,
180–181
,
203
doctors’ responsibilities,
186–187
education,
107
,
185–186
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187–189
,
196
,
198
,
203–205
employers/employees and,
187
food environment changes,
107
food labels/information,
107
,
185–186
,
198
government and,
193–196
,
197–198
,
203–204
lawsuits/legal action and,
199
,
200
,
201
overview,
180–205