The medical complications of obesity.

By S. Malnick, H. Knobler. QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians, 2006

631 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Pharmacy, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Surgery

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In Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

1. K. Flegal
2. M. Carroll
3. Cynthia L Ogden
4. L. Curtin
5. B. Kit
6. Odelia Rosin
7. Youfa Wang
8. F. B. Hu

In Surgery

1. M. Carroll
2. K. Flegal
3. Cynthia L Ogden
4. L. Curtin
5. S. Ramanathan

Citations in the corpus

• A Framework for Assessing Effects of the Food System (2015, background): “Obesity is classified as a disease by the American Medical Association, and it is also a risk factor for other common chronic diseases, such as CVD, type 2 diabetes, certain cancers, osteoarthritis, liver and gall bladder disease, and others (Dagenais et al., 2005; IOM, 2005; Malnick and Knobler, 20”
• Mindful eating: Trait and state mindfulness predict healthier eating behavior (2014, background): “Excessive weight, moreover, is costly: It predicts poorer physical (e.g., diabetes; Malnick & Knobler, 2006) and mental health (e.g., lower well-being; Crandall, Merman, & Hebl, 2009).”
• Prevalence and trends in obesity among US adults, 1999-2008. (2010, background): “Obesity is a risk factor for a variety of chronicconditionsincludingdiabetes,hypertension,highcholesterol,stroke,heart disease, certain cancers, and arthritis.(26) Higher grades of obesity are associated withexcessmortality,primarilyfromcardiovasculardisease,diabetes,andcertain cancers.”