The obesity epidemic: Challenges and opportunities The obesity epidemic: Challenges and
opportunities Abstract More than one third of US adults are obese. As the prevalence of obesity …

Prioritization of obesity prevention and management policy is based on one's understanding
of the health risks associated with increasing body weight. However, there is evidence that …

In this chapter, I take a strident stand, namely, that the epidemic of obesity seen in the United
States, and increasingly so in other countries, is caused by the environment. Genetic and …

Obesity is a global epidemic and its prevalence continues to increase in many developed
and developing countries. This brief review provides an update on the prevalence of obesity …

Obesity is a multifaceted problem with wide‐reaching medical, social and economic
consequences. These are partly determined by the wealth and disease pattern of the …

This review of the obesity epidemic provides a comprehensive description of the current
situation, time trends, and disparities across gender, age, socioeconomic status …

There is no doubt that obesity is a major public health problem. However, what is the
contribution of economics to solving it? In this report, we make the case that the role of …

BACKGROUND Mounting evidence, particularly from prospective epidemiologic studies but
with additional support from animal models and mechanistic studies, supported conclusions …

This paper provides an overview of the evidence on the current epidemic of obesity in the
United States. The prevalence of overweight and obesity now exceeds 60% among US …

Over the past 2 decades a major shift has occurred in the prevalence and speed of change
in the way people in low-and middleincome countries eat, drink, and move (1). Related to …