Obsessed: America's Food Addiction--And My Own (34 page)

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
,
99
,
113
,
115
,
156
,
161
,
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

Parade
magazine,
176
,
213

Playboy
,
175

Positively Connecticut
,
227

Powell, Lisa

      
exercise,
174–175
,
218

      
food/food issues,
89–91
,
100
,
151–152
,
208
,
216

      
Mika’s diet and,
123–124
,
224

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

      
on Mika,
96–97
,
109–110
,
138

      
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

      
sisters,
58
,
65
,
66–67
,
68
,
70

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
,
46
,
56
,
62
,
63–64
,
66
,
72

      
challenge to Mika,
18–19
,
40
,
116
,
117
,
118
,
125–127
,
226

      
childhood/college,
66–68
,
72

      
dieting,
66–70
,
71–72
,
73–74
,
116
,
151

      
D’Mario Sowah (trainer) and,
80
,
81
,
82
,
127–128
,
129–130
,
131

      
exercise and,
72
,
73
,
76
,
80–81
,
82

      
fen-phen,
74–75

      
health problems and,
62
,
75–76
,
128–129

      
Mika’s talk with/challenge to,
13–19
,
57–58
,
60–62
,
64–66
,
78–79
,
118
,
226–227

      
Take Off Program and,
132–134

Smoking

      
anti-smoking campaign,
199–200
,
201
,
202–203

      
health costs,
49

Snyderman, Nancy

      
background,
50–51
,
112–113

      
children and obesity,
50–51

      
daughters and,
171
,
217–218

      
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

Stanhope, Kimber,
105–106
,
107

Stelter, Brian,
42
,
99–100
,
161–162

Sugar

      
addiction to,
106

      
fat vs.,
103–104

      
food labels and,
107

      
fructose,
104–105
,
106

      
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
,
182–183
,
206
,
216

Title IX,
72
,
176

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

      
food costs and,
91
,
196–197

      
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

      
lack of exercise,
84
,
91

      
portion sizes,
88–89
,
156
,
158

      
sugary drinks,
9
,
11
,
67
,
84
,
87
,
105–106
,
189
,
194
,
201
,
202
,
204
,
205
,
210–211

      
summary,
5–6
,
9

      
takeout/packaged foods,
89–91

Weight problems (overweight/obese)

      
blaming overweight people for,
46–47
,
54
,
139
,
180

      
career and,
38–39
,
41–44

      
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

      
obesity definitions,
48
,
49

      
pay and,
41

      
sleep and,
152

      
statistics on,
48

      
stigma and,
41
,
44–47
,
51–52
,
83–84
,
182–183

      
women,
41
,
44–45

      
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

      
increasing numbers of,
8
,
50–51

      
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
,
201
,
202
,
204
,
205
,
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
,
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