A to Z Site Index
An index of obesity-related topics covered by The Obesity Prevention Source website, from the Department of Nutrition at Harvard School of Public Health.
A B C D E F G H I—K L M N O P—Q R S T U—V W—Z
A
- Abdominal Obesity
- Active Transportation see Bike and Pedestrian-Friendly Street Designs and Policies; Schools and Active Commuting to School; Worksites and Active Commuting to Work; Community Design and Active Transportation
- Alcohol and Weight
B
- Bicycling see Bike and Pedestrian-Friendly Street Designs and Policies; Community Design and Active Transportation
- Body Fat and Body Composition Measurement Methods
- Body Mass Index (BMI)
- Body Mass Index (BMI) Report Cards see BMI Assessment at School
- Breakfast, Meal Frequency, Snacking, and Weight
- Breastfeeding and Obesity Risk
- Built Environment and Physical Activity see Environmental Barriers to Activity
C
- Cancer Risk
- Carbohydrates and Weight
- Cardiovascular Disease Risk
- Causes of Obesity
- Childhood Obesity Definition
- Cost of Obesity
D
E
- Early Child Care Obesity Prevention Recommendations see Overview; Nutrition; Infant Feeding and Mealtime Habits; Activity, Screen Time, and Sleep
- Environmental Barriers to Activity
F
- Family Obesity Prevention Recommendations see Overview; Healthy Eating; Physical Activity, Screen Time, and Sleep
- Fast Food see Fast Food and Weight; Toxic Food Environment—Fast Food; Healthy Food Environment—Improving Food in the Neighborhood
- Food Choices and Weight Gain
- Food and Diet Recommendations for Healthy Weight
- Food Environment see Toxic Food Environment, Healthy Food Environment
- Food Environment Obesity Prevention Recommendations see Overview; Healthy Food and Beverage Access; Improving Food in the Neighborhood; Food Marketing and Labeling; Food Pricing, Taxes, and Agricultural Policy; Food Assistance Programs
- Food Insecurity see Hunger and Obesity
- Food Marketing see Toxic Food Environment—Food Marketing; Food Marketing on Television and Obesity; Healthy Food Environment—Food Marketing and Labeling
- Food Pricing see Toxic Food Environment—Government Food Policy and Pricing; Healthy Food Environment—Food Pricing, Taxes, and Agricultural Policy
- Food Stamps see Healthy Food Environment—Food Assistance Programs
- Fruit Juice and Weight
- Fruits and Vegetables and Weight
G
H
- Health Care Obesity Prevention Recommendations see Overview; Primary Care and Prenatal Care; Healthy Hospitals, Healthy Food; Health Insurance Providers; Healthcare Professional Training and Advocacy
- Health Risks of Obesity
- Healthy Weight Checklist
- High-Protein Diets see Protein and Weight
- Hunger and Obesity
I—K
- Infant Weight Gain and Obesity Risk
- Infertility Risk see Obesity and Reproduction
L
- Low-Carbohydrate Diets see Carbohydrates and Weight
- Low-Fat Diets see Dietary Fat and Weight
M
- Meal Frequency, Snacking Patterns, and Weight
- Mediterranean Diet and Weight see Dietary Patterns and Weight
- Memory and Cognitive Function Disorders and Obesity-Related Risk
- Mortality and Obesity-Related Risk
- Musculoskeletal Disorders and Obesity-Related Risk
N
O
- Obesity Consequences
- Obesity Definition
- Obesity Prevention Recommendations
- Obesity Trends in Adults see Overview, Asia-Pacific Region, Central and South America, Europe and Central Asia, North Africa and Middle East, North America, Sub-Saharan Africa
- Obesity Trends in Children see Overview, Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, North America, Oceania
- Obesity Trends Map, Global
- Obesity Trends Map, U.S.
- Overweight Definition see Obesity Definition
P—Q
- Physical Activity and Weight Control
- Physical Activity Environment Obesity Prevention Recommendations see Overview, Community Design and Active Transportation; Safe, Affordable, and Accessible Physical Activity; Mass Media and Technology to Encourage Activity
- Physical Activity Recommendations for Healthy Weight
- Portion Sizes and Weight
- Public Transportation see Access to Public Transportation; Community Design and Active Transportation
- Pregnancy Weight Gain Guidelines
- Pregnancy-Related (Gestational) Diabetes and Child Obesity Risk
- Pregnancy-Related (Gestational) Weight Gain and Child Obesity Risk
- Protein and Weight
R
S
- Safety and Physical Activity, see Environmental Barriers to Physical Activity—Neighborhood Safety and Social Cohesion; Healthy Activity Environment—Safe, Affordable and Accessible Physical Activity
- School Obesity Prevention Recommendations see Overview; School Meals, Competitive Foods, and the School Food Environment; Physical Activity and Physical Education; Body Mass Index (BMI) Assessment; Health Education and School Wellness
- Sitting/Sedentary Time and Obesity see Television Watching and “Sit Time”
- Sleep and Obesity
- Smoking during Pregnancy and Obesity Risk
- Social Networks and Obesity
- Soda Taxes/Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxes
- Sugar Sweetened Beverages and Weight
- Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) see Healthy Food Environment—Food Assistance Programs
- Supermarkets and Convenience Stores see Toxic Food Environment—Neighborhoods; Healthy Food Environment—Improving Food in the Neighborhood
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) see Healthy Food Environment—Food Assistance Programs
T
- Television and Screen Time Recommendations for Healthy Weight see Limit Screen Time
- Television Watching and Obesity
U—V
W—Z
- Waist Circumference and Waist-to-Hip Ratio
- Walking see Walkability and Sprawl; Bike and Pedestrian-Friendly Street Designs and Policies; Community Design and Active Transportation
- Western-Style Diet and Weight see Dietary Patterns and Weight
- Whole Grains and Weight
- WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) see Healthy Food Environment—Food Assistance Programs
- Worksite Obesity Prevention Recommendations see Overview, Worksite Wellness Programs, Incentives for Healthy Behavior Change, Food Environment, Physical Activity Environment
Terms of Use
The aim of the Harvard School of Public Health Obesity Prevention Source Web site is to provide timely information about obesity’s global causes, consequences, prevention, and control, for the public, health and public health practitioners, business and community leaders, and policymakers. The contents of this Web site are not intended to offer personal medical advice. You should seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on this Web site. The Web site’s obesity prevention policy recommendations are based primarily on a review of U.S. expert guidance, unless otherwise indicated; in other countries, different policy approaches may be needed to achieve improvements in food and physical activity environments, so that healthy choices are easy choices, for all.