Will All Americans Become Overweight or Obese? Estimating the Progression and Cost of the US Obesity Epidemic

By Youfa Wang, M. Beydoun, Lan Liang, B. Caballero, S. Kumanyika. Obesity, 2008

1,618 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: General Health Professions, Pharmacy, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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In General Health Professions

1. Hyunjung Lim
2. F. B. Hu
3. Youfa Wang
4. E. Finkelstein
5. S. Bhupathiraju
6. Cheryl L. Woods-Giscombe

In Pharmacy

1. Hyunjung Lim
2. F. B. Hu
3. Youfa Wang
4. Cheryl L. Woods-Giscombe
5. J. Vincent

In Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

1. Hyunjung Lim
2. S. Bhupathiraju
3. A. Hruby
4. F. B. Hu
5. Erica M. Schulte
6. N. Avena
7. Youfa Wang
8. E. Finkelstein

Citations in the corpus

• The Epidemiology of Obesity: A Big Picture (2015, background): “In the USA, the most dire projections based on earlier secular trends point to over 85 % of adults being overweight or obese by 2030 [5].”
• The global childhood obesity epidemic and the association between socio-economic status and childhood obesity (2012, background): “Obesity is already responsible for 2 – 8% of health costs and 10 – 13% of deaths in parts of Europe, and it is projected to be even worse in the USA, reaching 17% in 2030 (Wang et al., 2008).”
• Obesity and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: From pathophysiology to therapeutics. (2019, background): “Noteworthy, the total health-care costs are projected to double every decade [7].”
• Obesity and severe obesity forecasts through 2030. (2012, methodology): “For example, using data rom the NHANES, Wang et al.6 projected that if historcal trends continue linearly, by 2030, 51% of U.S. adults ill be obese.”
• Millennials at Work: What We Know and What We Need to Do (If Anything) (2010, result): “As compared with previous generations, Millennials have much higher rates of obesity and less overall fitness than did Boomers or Xers at the same age (Wang et al. 2008).”
• Which Foods May Be Addictive? The Roles of Processing, Fat Content, and Glycemic Load (2015, background): “The prevalence of obesity in the United States continues to increase, with more than 85% of adults projected to be overweight or obese by 2030 [1].”
• Trends in cardiovascular health metrics and associations with all-cause and CVD mortality among US adults. (2012, background): “51–55 The high prevalence of obesity and the increasing prevalence of diabetes could offset the positive effects of the decline in other CVD risk factors 56,57 and continue to slow improvements in cardiovascular health.”