Overweight and Obesity Article Links
For eirias. They're all links to the PubMed entries......
reposted: the highly fascinating Scientific American article on Obesity.....
Ogden, CL et al. Prevalence of overweight and obesity in the United States, 1999-2004. JAMA 2006;295: 1549-1588
Seidell, JC et al. Overweight, underweight, and mortality.....Arch Intern Med.1996;156(9):958-63.
(re-posted from my reply to you):Ogden, CL, et al. The epidemiology of obesityGastroenterology. 2007;132(6):2087-102.
Kuczmarski, RJ et al. Varying body mass index cutoff points to describe overweight prevalence among U.S. adultsObesity Res 1997;5:542-548
Papers by Flegal, KM (this is not exhaustive, but I like these, so admittedly, a biased sampling ;). There's some overlap in terms of information, but they're all good papers).
Cause-specific excess deaths associated with underweight, overweight, and obesity.JAMA2007;298(17):2028-37.
Impact of smoking and pre-existing illness on estimates of fraction of deaths associated with underweight, overweight, and obese in the U.S. population.Am. Jour. Epidemiology 2007;166(8):975-82.
Commentary:the epidemic of obesity--what's in a name?Int J Epidemiol.2006;35(1):72-4.
Epidemiologic aspects of overweight and obesity in the United States.Physiol. Behav.2005;86(5):599-602
Excess deaths associated with underweight, overweight, and obesity. JAMA. 2005;293(15):1861-7.
Overweight in children: definitions and interpretation. Health Educ Res. 2006;21(6):755-60.
Estimation of attributable number of deaths and standard errors from simple and complex sampled cohorts. Stat. Med. 2007;26(13):2639-49.
and moving on
Sturm, R. Increases in morbid obesity int he USA: 2000-2005. Public Health. 2007;121(7):492-6.
Narayan, KM, et al. Effect of BMI on lifetime risk for diabetes in the U.S. Diabetes Care. 2007;30(6):1562-6.
Oken, E, et al. Maternal smoking during pregnancy and child overweight: systemic review and meta-analysis.Int. J. Obesity. 2008;32(2):201-10.
Janssen, I et al. Waist circumference and not body mass index explains obesity-related health risk. Am. J. Clin Nutrition. 2004;79(3):379-84.
Farrell, SW, et al. Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome across cardiorespiratory fitness levels in women. Obes. Res. 2004;12(5):824-30.
Reaven, GM. The metabolic syndrome: requiescat in pace. Clin. Chem. 2005;51(6):931-8.
Reaven, GM. Importance of identifying the overweight patient who will benefit most by losing weight. Ann. Intern. Med. 2003;138(5):420-3.
Clinical Guidelines on the identification, evaluation, and treatment of overweight and obesity in adults - the Evidence Report. Obes. Res. 1998;6(Suppl2):51S-209S
Alley, DE et al. The changing relationship of obesity and disability, 1988-2004. JAMA. 2007;298(17):2020-7.
Lang, IA, et al Physical activity in middle-aged adults reduces risk of functional impairment independent of its effect on weight J. Am. Geriatric Soc. 2007;55(11):1836-41.
Uretsky, S, et al. Obesity paradox in patients with hypertension and coronary artery disease. Am J. Med. 2007;120(10):863-70.
Perusse, L. et al The human obesity gene map: the 2004 update. Obes. Res. 2005;13(3):381-490
Stunkard, AJ et al. The body-mass index of twins who have been reared apart. NEJM 1990;322:1483-87.
Prentice, AM et al. Obesity in Britain: gluttony or sloth?. BMJ 1995;311(7002):437-9.
Pasarica M, Dhurandhar NV. Infectobesity: obesity of infectious origin. Adv. Food Nutr. res. 2007;52:61-102
reposted: the highly fascinating Scientific American article on Obesity.....
Ogden, CL et al. Prevalence of overweight and obesity in the United States, 1999-2004. JAMA 2006;295: 1549-1588
Seidell, JC et al. Overweight, underweight, and mortality.....Arch Intern Med.1996;156(9):958-63.
(re-posted from my reply to you):Ogden, CL, et al. The epidemiology of obesityGastroenterology. 2007;132(6):2087-102.
Kuczmarski, RJ et al. Varying body mass index cutoff points to describe overweight prevalence among U.S. adultsObesity Res 1997;5:542-548
Papers by Flegal, KM (this is not exhaustive, but I like these, so admittedly, a biased sampling ;). There's some overlap in terms of information, but they're all good papers).
Cause-specific excess deaths associated with underweight, overweight, and obesity.JAMA2007;298(17):2028-37.
Impact of smoking and pre-existing illness on estimates of fraction of deaths associated with underweight, overweight, and obese in the U.S. population.Am. Jour. Epidemiology 2007;166(8):975-82.
Commentary:the epidemic of obesity--what's in a name?Int J Epidemiol.2006;35(1):72-4.
Epidemiologic aspects of overweight and obesity in the United States.Physiol. Behav.2005;86(5):599-602
Excess deaths associated with underweight, overweight, and obesity. JAMA. 2005;293(15):1861-7.
Overweight in children: definitions and interpretation. Health Educ Res. 2006;21(6):755-60.
Estimation of attributable number of deaths and standard errors from simple and complex sampled cohorts. Stat. Med. 2007;26(13):2639-49.
and moving on
Sturm, R. Increases in morbid obesity int he USA: 2000-2005. Public Health. 2007;121(7):492-6.
Narayan, KM, et al. Effect of BMI on lifetime risk for diabetes in the U.S. Diabetes Care. 2007;30(6):1562-6.
Oken, E, et al. Maternal smoking during pregnancy and child overweight: systemic review and meta-analysis.Int. J. Obesity. 2008;32(2):201-10.
Janssen, I et al. Waist circumference and not body mass index explains obesity-related health risk. Am. J. Clin Nutrition. 2004;79(3):379-84.
Farrell, SW, et al. Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome across cardiorespiratory fitness levels in women. Obes. Res. 2004;12(5):824-30.
Reaven, GM. The metabolic syndrome: requiescat in pace. Clin. Chem. 2005;51(6):931-8.
Reaven, GM. Importance of identifying the overweight patient who will benefit most by losing weight. Ann. Intern. Med. 2003;138(5):420-3.
Clinical Guidelines on the identification, evaluation, and treatment of overweight and obesity in adults - the Evidence Report. Obes. Res. 1998;6(Suppl2):51S-209S
Alley, DE et al. The changing relationship of obesity and disability, 1988-2004. JAMA. 2007;298(17):2020-7.
Lang, IA, et al Physical activity in middle-aged adults reduces risk of functional impairment independent of its effect on weight J. Am. Geriatric Soc. 2007;55(11):1836-41.
Uretsky, S, et al. Obesity paradox in patients with hypertension and coronary artery disease. Am J. Med. 2007;120(10):863-70.
Perusse, L. et al The human obesity gene map: the 2004 update. Obes. Res. 2005;13(3):381-490
Stunkard, AJ et al. The body-mass index of twins who have been reared apart. NEJM 1990;322:1483-87.
Prentice, AM et al. Obesity in Britain: gluttony or sloth?. BMJ 1995;311(7002):437-9.
Pasarica M, Dhurandhar NV. Infectobesity: obesity of infectious origin. Adv. Food Nutr. res. 2007;52:61-102