Prevalence of overweight and obesity in the United States, 1999-2004.

By Cynthia L Ogden, M. Carroll, L. Curtin, M. McDowell, Carolyn J Tabak, K. Flegal. Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2006

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Subfields: General Health Professions

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2. K. Flegal
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4. M. Carroll
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7. L. Curtin
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• Epidemics of will, failures of self-esteem: Responding to fat bodies in The Biggest Loser and What Not to Wear (2008, background): “…of the problems that makeover shows must address.2 What Not to Wear and The Biggest Loser appeared on US television in the context of increasing concern about growing rates of obesity in the United States, where two out of three people are estimated to be overweight or fat (Ogden et al. 2006).”
• Do Farm-to-School Programs Make a Difference? Findings and Future Research Needs (2008, background): “6 Corresponding diet-related diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, are also increasing in prevalence 7 and are of concern to health professionals and policymakers.”
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• Hypoxia and adipose tissue function and dysfunction in obesity. (2013, background): “In the United Kingdom, for example (which has one the highest obesity rates in Europe), 25% of adults are clinically obese (162), while in the United States the incidence is as high as one-third of the adult population (138).”
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• Adolescent Obesity and Young Adult Psychosocial Outcomes: Gender and Racial Differences (2008, background): “These outcomes will be assessed based on African American and White data as studies have found the former to have significantly higher rates of obesity than the latter ( Ogden et al. 2006 ).”
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• Author's Personal Copy Understanding the relationship between obesity and positive and negative affect: The role of psychosocial mechanisms § (2007, background): “With the statistical majority of Americans now overweight ( Ogden et al., 2004 ), it is possible that weight is equally stigmatizing for all Americans.”
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• Obesity and Cancer: The Role of Dysfunctional Adipose Tissue (2009, background): “1% of American children and adolescents aged 2 to 19 years were overweight or obese (1).”