... creating major health problems worldwide," said Dr. James O. Hill, president of the North American Association for the Study of Obesity (NAASO) and Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. Obesity was once regarded as unique to Americans, but it is now seen as a global health risk affecting developing and underdeveloped countries (AOA 2000). Obesity is increasing ... the same methods that failed in the past!" (Solovay 2000, 39). Doctors and nutritionists are starting to question why children should diet at all. Patricia Crawford, co-dire...

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