Current Issue December 2011 | Vol. 34, No. 4

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Obesity and Associated Eating Disorders: A Guide for Mental Health ProfessionalsGuest Editors: Thomas A. Wadden, G. Terence Wilson, Albert J. Stunkard, Robert I. Berkowitz

The epidemic of obesity is well known to readers of this issue, as it is to just about anyone who reads a newspaper, watches television, or scrolls the Internet. Most recent data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2007–2008) indicate that 34% of US adults are obese, as defined by a body mass index (BMI) of 30 kg/m2 or greater. An additional 34% are overweight, characterized by a BMI of 25.0 to 29.9 kg/m2. Perhaps the most encouraging news from the recent survey is that the prevalence of obesity and overweight appears to have stopped increasing. However, there is still cause for great concern. Obesity contributes to hundreds of thousands of deaths per year, through its association with cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, several cancers, and other conditions. The physical and emotional consequences of obesity, for those afflicted, are accompanied by direct and indirect costs to our nation of more than $100 billion a year.

2011 - Volume 34

September 2011
Psychosomatic Medicine
Guest Editor: Joel E. Dimsdale

June 2011
Geriatric Psychiatry: Advances and Directions
Guest Editors: George S. Alexopoulos, Dimitris N. Kiosses

March 2011
Prevention in Mental Health: Lifespan Perspective
Guest Editors: Dilip V. Jeste, Carl C. Bell

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