An inconvenient truth about obesity
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The 4-part Home Box Office (HBO) documentary on obesity entitled, “The Weight of the Nation” (theweightofthenation.hbo.com/) was aired in May of this year. Two years in the making, this timely documentary was produced in conjunction with two of the most prestigious biomedical institutions in the US – the Institute of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) – and top US health officials were featured in the series and enlisted to promote it in media appearances. The documentary appropriately focuses on the health implications of obesity for current and future generations and explains how it results from complex interactions between inherited and environmental factors. It also highlights the important contributions to obesity risk made by unhealthy dietary and exercise habits and concludes with an impassioned plea for lifestyle change at the national level.
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A mismatch of just 1% (expending 27 kcal per day fewer than consumed) will yield a body fat increase of 1.1 kg after 1 year for a healthy adult weighing 75kg typically consuming approximately one million kcal each year.
“for a healthy adult weighing 75kg typically consuming approximately one million kcal each year, then a mismatch of just 1% (expending 27 kcal per day fewer than consumed) will yield a body fat increase of 1.1 kg after 1 year”
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- Authors
- Schwartz, M. W.
- Affiliations
- University of Washington (US)
- Corresponding author
- Schwartz, Michael W.
- ORCID
- Schwartz, Michael W.
- Venue
- Molecular Metabolism
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2012-12
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 1-2
- Pages
- 2-4
- ISSN
- 2212-8778 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3757654
- OpenAlex
- W2072600520
- Cited by
- 11
- References
- 23
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 1.54
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
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- Molecular Metabolism (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (DK068384, DK083042, DK090320, DK052989)
- Nutrition Obesity Research Center (DK035816)
- Diabetes Research Center (P30 DK17047)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Pharmacy › Obesity and Health Practices
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Literature and Literary Theory › Media Influence and Health
- Keywords
- obesity, obesity risk factors, genetic and environmental factors, diet, physical activity, lifestyle modification, public health policy
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