Obesity is a growing public health crisis in the United States and is associated with a
substantial disease burden due to an increased risk for multiple complications, including …

Decades of research have reported only weak associations between the intakes of specific
foods or drinks and weight gain and obesity. Randomized controlled dietary intervention …

This paper is the first to use the method of instrumental variables (IV) to estimate the impact
of obesity on medical costs in order to address the endogeneity of weight and to reduce the …

This paper reviews the economic research on obesity, covering topics such as the
measurement of, and trends in, obesity, the economic causes of obesity (eg the monetary …

Background Obesity is influenced by a complex, multifaceted system of determinants,
including the food environment. Governments need evidence to act on improving the food …

Abstract Background Laparoscopic Gastric Plication (LGP) is a new restrictive bariatric
surgery, previously introduced by the author. The aim of this study is to explain the …

Increasing obesity rates and corresponding public health problems are well-known, and
disparities across socioeconomic groups are frequently reported. However, the literature is …

The obesity epidemic has spawned an unlimited array of quick-fix, rapid weight loss plans
and unproven pharmaceuticals. Dangerous side effects and rebound weight gain has made …

The major threat to human societies posed by undernutrition has been recognised for
millennia. Despite substantial economic development and scientific innovation, however …

Contrary to conventional wisdom, NHANES data indicate that the poor have never had a
statistically significant higher prevalence of overweight status at any time in the last 35 years …