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Obesity
Prim Care Clin Office Pract 30 (2003) xi–xii
Preface
Obesity
George A. Bray, MD, MACP Guest Editor
This issue of the Primary Care Clinics in Office Practice is devoted to the clinical aspects of obesity. This is a timely topic. In late 2002, the National Center for Health Statistics published data showing that 30.5% of adult Americans are obese and that 64.5% are overweight or obese. These figures have more than doubled in the past two decades to produce what is widely called an epidemic. The World Health Organization recognized this when it entitled its working paper on obesity ‘‘Preventing and Managing the Global Epidemic.’’ Obesity is a global problem with a higher prevalence in African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and women. In this issue of the Primary Care Clinics in Office Practice, I have chosen to showcase the many scholarly women who are studying this problem. I often hear that women do not have appropriate opportunities to participate in the preparation of articles for important books. I have thus carefully selected a group of highly skilled women to write most of the articles in this issue. Where I have included men, it was because a woman wasn’t available or because the man had a very unusual point of view. Preparation of this issue has been a team effort. The authors are to be thanked for the work they did on their original manuscripts and their revisions. My tireless administrative assistant, Ms. Heather Miller, has used her great knowledge of English to make the editorial work go smoothly. Ms. Rebecca Schmidt has served as the essential editorial person from the
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G.A. Bray / Prim Care Clin Office Pract 30 (2003) xi–xii
publisher’s side. As a team, we are proud to present this issue on the global epidemic of obesity. George A. Bray, MD Boyd Professor Pennington Biomedical Research Center 6400 Perkins Road Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA E-mail address: [email protected]
Preface
Obesity
George A. Bray, MD, MACP Guest Editor
This issue of the Primary Care Clinics in Office Practice is devoted to the clinical aspects of obesity. This is a timely topic. In late 2002, the National Center for Health Statistics published data showing that 30.5% of adult Americans are obese and that 64.5% are overweight or obese. These figures have more than doubled in the past two decades to produce what is widely called an epidemic. The World Health Organization recognized this when it entitled its working paper on obesity ‘‘Preventing and Managing the Global Epidemic.’’ Obesity is a global problem with a higher prevalence in African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and women. In this issue of the Primary Care Clinics in Office Practice, I have chosen to showcase the many scholarly women who are studying this problem. I often hear that women do not have appropriate opportunities to participate in the preparation of articles for important books. I have thus carefully selected a group of highly skilled women to write most of the articles in this issue. Where I have included men, it was because a woman wasn’t available or because the man had a very unusual point of view. Preparation of this issue has been a team effort. The authors are to be thanked for the work they did on their original manuscripts and their revisions. My tireless administrative assistant, Ms. Heather Miller, has used her great knowledge of English to make the editorial work go smoothly. Ms. Rebecca Schmidt has served as the essential editorial person from the
0095-4543/03/$ - see front matter Ó 2003 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/S0095-4543(03)00044-7
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G.A. Bray / Prim Care Clin Office Pract 30 (2003) xi–xii
publisher’s side. As a team, we are proud to present this issue on the global epidemic of obesity. George A. Bray, MD Boyd Professor Pennington Biomedical Research Center 6400 Perkins Road Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA E-mail address: [email protected]