Footnotes: "Scaling Adult Obesity"

by Angela Lumpkin

¹ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Physical Activity. Facts about Physical Activity.

² Ibid.

³ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Vital Signs. Latest Findings. Adult Obesity.

⁴ CBS HealthWatch. Feb. 11, 2009. “Americans Are Obsessed with Fast Food: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal.” Interview with Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal.

⁵ Atkins.com. Atkins Lifestyle, Science Articles and Library. Between-Meal Nibbling.

⁶ U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services. (December 2010.) Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010.

⁷ Nord, M., Coleman,-Jensen, A., et al. for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. (November 2010.) Economic Research Report No. 108. Household Food Security in the United States, 2009.

⁸ CBS News. (Aug. 4, 2011.) Reprinted from The Associated Press. “Study: Healthy Eating a Privilege of the Rich.”

⁹ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Overweight and Obesity. Adult Obesity Facts.

¹⁰ Ogden, C., Carroll, M., et al., for the Centers for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center for Health Statistics, Data Brief No. 82 (January 2012). Prevalence of Obesity in the United States, 2009-2010.

¹¹ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Healthy Weight - It’s Not a Diet, It’s a Lifestyle! The Health Effects of Overweight and Obesity.

¹² Dor, A., Ferguson, C., et al., George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Department of Health Policy. (Sept. 21, 2010.) A Heavy Burden: The Individual Costs of Being Overweight and Obese in the United States.

¹³ Harvard School of Public Health. The Obesity Prevention Source. Economic Costs.

¹⁴ U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans.

¹⁵ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Physical Activity. How Much Physical Activity Do Adults Need?

¹⁶ U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services. (December 2010.) Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010.

¹⁷ U.S. Department of Agriculture. ChooseMyPlate.gov.

¹⁸ Collins, Glenn. The New York Times. (June 10, 2009.) “Customers Prove There’s a Market for Fresh Produce.”And Materre, Micah (reporter), Grimes, Pam (producer), Howard, Nelson (photojournalist) and Guzzardo, Jordan (editor), for WGN-TV.com (June 6, 2011.) “Fresh Moves: An Old CTA Bus Becomes a Vehicle for Change.”