World Data Book of Obesity

Preface. Epidemiology of Obesity. 1. High prevalence of obesity in a rural community of central Italy: The Di.S.Co. Project. 2. Epidemiology of obesity in the elderly: CNR multicentric study in Italy. 3. Epidemiology of obesity in relation to some chronic medical conditions among Inuit and Cree Indian populations in New Quebec, Canada. 4. Prevalence of obesity in Pacific and Indian Ocean populations. 5. Body weight in the Finnish Twin Cohort. 6. Body mass distribution of a representative adult population in Sweden. 7. Obesity in inhabitants living in a fishing village in Japan. 8. Obesity in Istanbul: Results from outpatient clinic records over a period of 10 years. 9. Changing distribution of obesity from 1975 to 1985. 10. Incidence of childhood obesity over the last 10 years in Japan. 11. Population study on the adipose tissue distribution in Japanese women born in 1948. 12. Survey of obesity onset in patients applying for a weight reduction program. 13. The prevalence of obesity, risk factors and associated diseases in Klong Toey slum and Klong Toey government apartment houses. 14. Changing body habits among older men: The NAS Boston VA study of weight stability in healthy male volunteers aged 40-80 years. 15. The epidemiology of physical activity and childhood obesity. 16. Physical proportions of the Japanese, 1987. 17. Trend of average height, weight and skinfolds in the Japanese. 18. Body weight and longevity: Insurance experience in Japan. Diagnosis, criteria and pathophysiology of obesity. 19. Body mass index and waist-to-hip ratio in patients of a stromatologic ambulance. 20. Comparison between two methods of hydrostatic weighing without head submersion in morbidly obese females. 21. Obesity and its complications observed in health examinations: Introduction of ACI as an index of type of obesity. 22. Sensitivity and specificity of current methods for classifying morbid obesity. 23. The significance of the ratio of body weight/height as a practical obesity index and the changes in the values in Japanese adults. 24. Influence of body image on estimation of body mass index based on self-reported weight and height. 25. Simple estimation of ideal body weight from body mass index with the lowest morbidity. Risks and complications of obesity. 26. Central obesity, glucose intolerance and other cardiovascular disease risk factors: An old syndrome rediscovered. 27. Body mass index as an independent indicator of blood pressure in normotensive Japanese. 28. Cross-sectional and longitudinal relationship betwen obesity, hypertension and coronary heart disease in Micronesian Nauruans. 29. Distribution of adipose tissue in relation to cardiovascular and total mortality as observed during 20 years in a prospective population study of women in Gothenburg, Sweden. 30. Fat distribution in relation to risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes mellitus in 38-year-old European men and women. 31.