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IJE Advance Access originally published online on December 23, 2005
International Journal of Epidemiology 2006 35(1):81-82; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi299
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Epidemiological Association © The Author 2005; all rights reserved.

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Response: lifestyle not weight should be the primary target

Paul Campos1,*, Abigail Saguy2, Paul Ernsberger3, Eric Oliver4 and Glenn Gaesser5

1 School of Law, University of Colorado, CO, USA
2 Department of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
3 Department of Nutrition, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA
4 Department of Political Science, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
5 Curry School of Education, University of Virginia, VA, USA

* Corresponding author. E-mail: Paul.Campos@colorado.edu

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We are glad to see such a wide range of esteemed scholars engage complex questions surrounding the relationship between body mass and health. We are also pleased to see so many points of agreement between our respondents and ourselves. First, everyone is in agreement with the parameters of global weight change, as defined in detail by Flegal1—the average person has gained about one pound per year. Opinions vary sharply over the likely consequences of this creeping ‘epidemic’.

Second, as many acknowledge, the debate surrounding weight and health is often contentious and confusing because of economic and cultural factors that affect it at every turn. For instance, . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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