A Review of Selected Literature on Obesity and Guidelines for Treatment

The authors examine research involving both physiological and psychological factors that may be strongly related to the development and maintenance of obesity. This examination reveals that attempts to treat obesity often exacerbate the condition. It is suggested that integration of guidelines developed from research presented may make treatment more effective. A somewhat unique proposal made is that highly desired foods must be included in treatment in a controlled-access manner to minimize the loss of freedom perceived by the individual.     

Is The New Entrepreneurial Era Over?

ABSTRACT The United States experienced an outburst of entrepreneurial energy in the early 1970s that flooded through the 1980s. But, why did the outburst occur? And, why did it occur when it did? Long term trends including the changing role of women and the two-income family, new technology, lower costs of business entry, and a supportive culture propped a general rise in entrepreneurial activity. However, economic turbulence, the baby boom generation and the residual of 1960s attitudes were the catalysts. Whether that outburst of entrepreneurial energy will continue through the 1990s is doubtful.