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Clinical guidelines on the identification, evaluation, and treatment of overweight and obesity in adults: Executive summary

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This article is published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.The article was published on 1998-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 3575 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Overweight.

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Perceived stress, behavior, and body mass index among adults participating in a worksite obesity prevention program, Seattle, 2005-2007.

TL;DR: Dietary and physical activity behaviors of workers may be associated with average levels of perceived stress, and longitudinal studies are needed to support inclusion of stress management or mindfulness techniques in workplace obesity prevention efforts.
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Maternal Obesity in Early Pregnancy and Risk of Adverse Outcomes

TL;DR: Obesity and overweight status at the beginning of pregnancy increase the adverse outcomes of the pregnancy and it is important to promote the normalization of bodyweight in those women who intend to get pregnant and to provide appropriate advice to the obese women of the risks of obesity at the start of pregnancy.
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Influence of physical activity-related joint stress on the risk of self-reported hip/knee osteoarthritis: a new method to quantify physical activity.

TL;DR: Participation in PA as an adult does not increase the risk of hip/knee OA and there does not seem to be a threshold of increasing risk with increased training among walkers and runners.
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Morbid obesity and the transition from welfare to work.

TL;DR: It is found that former welfare recipients who are both White and morbidly obese have been less successful in transitioning from welfare to work, consistent with unobserved heterogeneity causing the correlation between morbid obesity and labor market outcomes.
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