It has been said that obese persons are the last acceptable targets of discrimination. 1–4
Anecdotes abound about overweight individuals being ridiculed by teachers, physicians, and …

In a meta-analysis of 88 studies, we examined the association between soft drink consumption
and nutrition and health outcomes. We found clear associations of soft drink intake with …

This article examines relapse by integrating knowledge from the addictive disorders of
alcoholism, smoking, and obesity. Commonalities across these areas suggest at least three basic …

… This book is dedicated to my mother, Claudia Brownell, … My father Robert Brownell helped
me print out the final … and Samuel Strite and Lyn Brownell—without whose emotional and finan…

We define social support as “an exchange of resources between two individuals perceived
by the provider or the recipient to be intended to enhance the well‐being of the recipient.” We …

Purpose: To determine the level of anti‐fat bias in health professionals specializing in
obesity and identify personal characteristics that correlate with both implicit and explicit bias. …

Objective: This study examined experiences of weight stigmatization, sources of stigma,
coping strategies, psychological functioning, and eating behaviors in a sample of 2671 …

Intracellular current administration evokes rapid, graded, and bidirectional mechanical
responses of isolated outer hair cells from the mammalian inner ear. The cells become shorter in …

We report the cloning of a transcription-associated histone acetyltransferase type A (HAT A).
This Tetrahymena enzyme is strikingly homologous to the yeast protein Gcn5, a putative …

A complete overview and considerations in process equipment design Handling and storage
of large quantities of materials is crucial to the chemical engineering of a wide variety of …