The group is the United States introduction of Slim Peace, a nonprofit organization that brings Israeli and Palestinian women together around the universal theme of weight-loss support.
We have long known that not all variations on the theme of more weight correspond to more mortality.
Combating obesity is the theme of a campaign centered on a Web site (smallstep.gov) that seeks to play down the idea of weight loss as a daunting, arduous challenge by suggesting small lifestyle changes.
Anecdotal reports by people who have succeeded in keeping weight off tend to have a common theme: constant vigilance, keeping close track of weight, controlling what food is eaten and how much (often by weighing and measuring food), exercising often, putting up with hunger and resisting cravings to the best of their ability.
The following sections describe major themes around perceptions of the management of weight gain during pregnancy, approaches to management, and challenges faced.
Emerging themes included: 1) role perceptions, 2) anticipated outcomes of weight management counseling and programs, and 3) communication and information dissemination.
We synthesized the three major themes as: 1) Role perceptions, 2) Anticipated outcomes of weight management counseling and programs, and 3) Communication and information dissemination.
Created and performed to Bach by Satu Hummasti, the solo looked like a thoroughly modern response to Humphrey's 1931 "Two Ecstatic Themes," in part because of Ms. Hummasti's sense of weight and gravity.
Yet amid the familiar hyperkinetic madness, we find two very affecting performances – by Shota Sometani as angst-ridden Sumida and Fumi Nikaido as the relentlessly perky Keiko – which anchor the drama's central theme of the young generation carrying the weight of the world upon their not-so-fragile shoulders.
This participant illustrates a common theme of an awareness of the potential for weight gain, but a strong commitment to prevent that weight gain: "I just don't see myself gaining weight, I just won't allow it.
