title: Women and obesity. Learning to live with it.
abstract: Chronic dieting is not free of risks. Relevant literature is assessed to aid in making the decision about whether an obese woman should attempt weight loss repeatedly. Alternative strategies to weight loss are offered that shift the focus from weight loss to stabilization and from dieting to normalizing eating patterns and intake.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ciliska
mesh_terms: D001828:Body Image; D003657:Decision Making; D004038:Diet, Reducing; D015444:Exercise; D005194:Family Practice / Q000379:methods*; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D016387:Women's Health