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HOT TOPICS: OBESITY
Scope|Subject
Headings|Overview
Sources|Circulating Books|Periodicals,
Journals & Trade Publications|Web
Sites
Scope: 2/3 of adults are
overweight and at least 300,000 die each year from
obesity related diseases. Obesity has become a major
health concern in today’s society. Fast foods and lack
of exercise account for much of the problem. (CQ
Researcher, Jan. 31, 2003) The purpose of this
pathfinder is to serve as a guideline for student
research. It is not intended as a comprehensive listing
of all materials in the library on this topic, but as a
selective sampling of the many types of resources
available.
SUBJECT HEADINGS
Books dealing with obesity are listed in the Baddour
Library’s online catalog under the following subject
headings:
Eating disorders in children
Obesity in adolescence
Obesity-Psychological aspects
Obesity in children
There are sources located in the Reference Section of
the Baddour Library that give a general overview or
summary of the topic you are researching. The following
is a list of some of the sources available in the
library.
OVERVIEW SOURCES
REF RC552.E18 C37 2000 The encyclopedia of obesity and
eating disorders
REF RA 784.R646 2003 The Encyclopedia of Nutrition and
Good Health
REF BF 31.E52 2000 Encyclopedia of Psychology
REF RC41.M34 2005 Magill’s Medical Guide
CIRCULATING BOOKS
Some representative books from the Circulating
Collection (located upstairs in the library) are:
Mennell, Stephen.
The Sociology of Food: Eating, Diet, and Culture.
Newbury Park,
Calif: Sage, 1992.
Thompson, J. Kevin & Linda Smolak.
Body Image, Eating Disorders, and Obesity in
Youth: Assessment, Prevention, and Treatment.
Washington, DC: American
Psychological Association, 2001.
Wadden, Thomas A. Albert J. Stunkard, and Robert I.
Berkowitz.
Obesity: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals.
Philadelphia: Saunders, 2005.
PERIODICALS, JOURNALS & TRADE
PUBLICATIONS
Click the link for a list of full text journal articles
available through our databases in:
CQ Researcher:
Obesity Epidemic 1/31/2003
Diet and Health 2/23/2001
Obesity and Health 1/15/1999
MEDIA
DVD 387
Super Size Me
WEB SITES
American Obesity Association
http://www.obesity.org
NAASO, The Obesity
Society
http://www.naaso.org/
Medline Plus
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/obesity.html
Updated
06/13/2007
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