For over 25 years, the Greenhaven Press Opposing Viewpoints Series has developed and set the standard for current-issue studies. With more than 90 volumes covering nearly every controversial contemporary topic, Opposing Viewpoints is the leading source for libraries and classrooms in need of current-issue materials. Each title explores a specific issue by placing expert opinions in a unique pro/con format. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find sources and publications. By choosing from such diverse sources and including both popular and unpopular views, the Opposing Viewpoints editorial team has adhered to its commitment to editorial objectivity. Readers are exposed to many sides of a debate, which promotes issue awareness as well as critical thinking. In short, Opposing Viewpoints is the best research and learning tool for exploring the issues that continually shape and define our turbulent and changing world.

Obesity (opposing Viewpoints)

Scott Barbour, book editor

Barbour, Scott, 1963-

Barbour, William

Greenhaven Press, Incorporated

Kidhaven

Opposing Viewpoints In Context, Farmington Hills, MI, ©2011

Opposing viewpoints, farmington Hills, MI, Michigan, 2011

Opposing viewpoints, Detroit, Michigan, 2010

United States, United States of America

1, 2010

[curator]lenscriv@archive.org[/curator][date]20180615183841[/date]

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-183) and index.

194 pages ; 24 cm
This volume explores the topics relating to obesity by presenting varied expert opinions that examine many of the different aspects that comprise these issues. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find sources and publications. Allows the reader to attain the higher-level critical thinking and reading skills that are essential in a culture of diverse and contradictory opinions
Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-183) and index
Obesity is a serious problem worldwide / World Health Organization -- The problem of obesity is exaggerated / Amy Winter -- Obesity is harmful to human health / Sarah Baldauf -- The health harms of obesity are overstated / Paul Campos -- Obesity in children is a serious problem / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- Obesity among minorities is a serious problem / Lenny Bernstein -- Food advertising contributes to obesity / Patti Miller -- Food advertising does not cause obesity / Paul Kurnit -- American farm subsidies contribute to obesity / Julie Gunlock -- American farm subsidies are not to blame for obesity / Jim Langcuster -- Doctors should take responsibility for obesity / Jeremy Brown -- Doctors cannot take full responsibility for obesity / Victoria McEvoy -- Individuals should take responsibility for obesity / Harold Brown -- Schools should take responsibility for obesity / Adam Bornstein -- Dieting and exercise can help people lose weight / Anne Moore -- Dieting and exercise are largely ineffective / Judy Foreman -- Gastric bypass surgery can help people lose weight / Cassie Pisano, as told to Cristina Gonzalez -- Gastric bypass surgery can be dangerous and ineffective / Sabrina Rubin Erdely -- Regulating food advertising to children will reduce obesity / Susan Linn and Courtney L. Novosat -- Regulating food advertising to children will not reduce obesity / Brady Darvin -- Taxing sugary drinks will reduce obesity / Nicholas D. Kristof -- Taxing sugary drinks will not reduce obesity / William Saletan

2023-06-28