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- Epidemiology
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2. Epidemiology of obesity
- Prof. Jacob Seidell
- Etiology and Causes
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3. Metabolic, adipose tissue and muscle predictors of obesity
- Prof. Ian Macdonald
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4. Neural control of food intake and energy balance
- Prof. Hans-Rudolf Berthoud
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6. Dietary determinants of obesity
- Prof. Arne Astrup
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7. Physical inactivity as a determinant of obesity
- Prof. Wim Saris
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8. Environmental causes of obesity: sociocultural, built environment and economic factors
- Prof. Shiriki Kumanyika
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9. The developmental origins of obesity
- Prof. David Barker
- Consequences of Obesity
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10. Obesity, dyslipoproteinemia and inflammation
- Prof. Robert Eckel
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11. Pathophysiology and management of obesity related hypertension
- Prof. Arya Sharma
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12. Disorders of overeating
- Prof. Albert Stunkard
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13. Obesity, weight loss and health-related quality of life
- Prof. Aila Rissanen
- Dr. Jarmo Kaukua
- Treatment Options
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14. Lifestyle modification for weight control
- Prof. Thomas Wadden
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15. Bariatric / obesity surgery
- Prof. Henry Buchwald
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16. Can obesity be prevented in the current obesogenic environment?
- Prof. Boyd Swinburn
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17. Pharmacotherapy for obesity: why it is needed
- Prof. Joe Proietto
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18. Pharmacotherapy for obesity: hunger suppressors
- Prof. Joe Proietto
- Latest Developments in the Field
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19. Body composition
- Dr. Steven Heymsfield
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20. Adipose tissue metabolism and obesity
- Dr. Max Lafontan
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21. Obesity, present and future therapies
- Prof. Sir Stephen Bloom
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22. Energy expenditure in the lean and obese
- Prof. Dale Schoeller
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23. Obesity and adiponectin
- Prof. Philipp Scherer
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24. Ectopic fat: causes, consequences and treatment
- Prof. Steven Smith
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25. Adipose-immune interactions in obesity
- Dr. Vishwa Dixit
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26. Health benefits of intentional weight loss
- Prof. Xavier Pi-Sunyer
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27. Childhood obesity: implications for current and future health
- Prof. Peter T. Katzmarzyk
- Archived Lectures - These lectures may not cover the latest advances in the field
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29. Gastrointestinal peptides and food intake regulation
- Prof. Sir Stephen Bloom
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30. Obesity and mortality: questions and controversy
- Prof. David Allison
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31. Obesity, diabetes and the cluster of the metabolic syndrome
- Prof. Peter Wilson
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33. Health economics of obesity: new insights
- Dr. Anne Wolf
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34. Bariatric surgery: techniques and mechanisms of action
- Prof. Walter Pories
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35. Childhood obesity: implications for future health
- Prof. Peter T. Katzmarzyk
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Navigable Slide Index
- Introduction
- Environmental and societal influences diagram
- Objective
- Environmental influences on obesity
- Changes in the BMI distribution in U.S. adults
- Environmental influences on obesity
- Socio-cultural influences
- "Built environment" influences
- Economic influences
- Variations in obesity prevalence
- Global obesity
- Obesity in European adults
- Obesity in populations of the African Diaspora
- Obesity prevalence trends: adults 20-74 years
- U.S children and adolescents obesity prevalence
- Differences in weight status in U.S foreigns
- Ethnic differences in obesity prevalence in women
- 12-17 year olds overweight - ethnicity and income
- Age-adjusted prevalence of overweight in women
- BMI change from age 25 years to phase 3
- A causal scenario
- Who we are and how we live
- Societal transformations
- Shifts in dietary patterns
- Shifts in physical activity
- Obesity causal web of societal processes
- Most important environmental pathways
- A word about "evidence"
- Evidence needed: questions
- Influence of media changes on obesity increase
- TV viewing and obesity: adults
- TV and body weight: pre-school children
- TV and cable/satellite access in 21 countries
- Media use
- Parents educational attainment
- The influence of a TV reduction program on BMI
- Affects of food amount and marketing on obesity
- Food marketing
- Calories from the U.S. per capita food supply
- Changes in chocolate chip cookie size
- Changes in chicken stir fry size
- Changes in coffee cup size
- Fast foods and soda consumption
- Fast food, weight gain and insulin resistance
- Percent of adolescents eating fast food every day
- Consumption of milk compared with soft drinks
- Food pricing trends
- Ethnic targeting of TV ads
- Percent of residents by store desirability
- Approaches to modifying food environments
- Pennsylvania fresh food financing initiative (FFFI)
- Public-private partnership of three organizations
- The affect of changes in physical activity options
- Percentage of walking and bicycling in urban areas
- Contributors to the decline in physical activity
- Sedentary behavior among U.S. adults
- Inequality in the built environment
- Recommendations for increasing physical activity
- Affects of culturally-based attitudes and practices
- Cultural influences
- Relative perceptions
- Excess sociocultural risk in color communities (1)
- Excess sociocultural risk in color communities (2)
- Summary (1)
- Summary (2)
Topics Covered
- Rapid increases in obesity prevalence globally
- Increases in obesity among immigrants
- Socio-cultural influences: human relationships and interactions, attitudes, norms and values and social structure
- "Built environment" influences: how land and space are organised and used and the infrastructure for getting from place to place
- Economic influences: determinants of food access and availability and physical activity patterns
- Variations in obesity prevalence globally and in Europe, Africa and America
- Societal transformations
- Shifts in dietary patterns
- Shifts in physical activity
- The most important environmental pathways: media environment and media use, food marketing, options for physical activity and individual socio-cultural perspectives
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Kumanyika, S. (2007, October 1). Environmental causes of obesity: sociocultural, built environment and economic factors [Video file]. In The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved March 20, 2025, from https://doi.org/10.69645/GHLV4418.Export Citation (RIS)
Publication History
- Published on October 1, 2007
Financial Disclosures
- Prof. Shiriki Kumanyika has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.
Environmental causes of obesity: sociocultural, built environment and economic factors
Published on October 1, 2007
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