Thinking in Circles About Obesity

1. Like Boiled Frogs
Tarek K.A. Hamid

2. Unbalanced Act
Tarek K.A. Hamid

3. Human–Environment Interactions: Not One Way … and Not One-Way
Tarek K.A. Hamid

4. Tilting the Energy Balance: More Energy In
Tarek K.A. Hamid

5. Tilting the Energy Balance: Less Energy Out
Tarek K.A. Hamid

6. Individual Differences
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7. Is Ad-Lib Behavior Killing Us?
Tarek K.A. Hamid

8. The Energy Balance Equation: Reigning Intellectual Paradigm or Straitjacket?
Tarek K.A. Hamid

9. What We Know that Ain’t So
Tarek K.A. Hamid

10. Closing the Loops on Energy Balance: Energy Output Side
Tarek K.A. Hamid

11. Closing the Loops on Energy Balance: Energy Input Side
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12. Beyond Physiology: Closing the Behavior–Physiology Loop
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13. Looking Back and Looking Forward
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14. Learning by Doing
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15. “Give Us the Tools, and We Will Finish the Job”
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16. A Microworld for Weight and Energy Regulation
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17. Experiment 1: Assessing Weight Loss—Reality Versus Fiction
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18. Experiment 2: Going Ballistic—On a Diet
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19. Experiment 3: Understanding Why 250 Pounds Does Not Equal 250 Pounds
Tarek K.A. Hamid

20. Experiment 4: Trading Treatment Options—Diet Versus Exercise
Tarek K.A. Hamid

21. PhDs for the Masses? (That’s Personal Health Decision support)
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22. The Fat Lady … Models
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23. The Third Path: Prevention
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24. Location, Location, Location: Places to Intervene in Systems
Tarek K.A. Hamid

25. It Will Take More Than Food Pyramids
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26. Microworlds Я Us
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27. Beyond Prevention
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Keywords: Psychology, Health Psychology, Primary Care Medicine, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention