The Obesity of Economics: An Application of the Law of Demand to Obesity Prevalence within the United States [PDF]
, 2012 We estimate the demand function for obesity using a panel model across fifty-one U.S. states over the years 2000 to 2010. We study the impact of educational attainment, average commute time to work, relative price, per capita income, and the state ...
Hasenoehrl, Amy, Hill, Tara Marie
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Environmental Obesogens and Their Impact on Susceptibility to Obesity: New Mechanisms and Chemicals. [PDF]
, 2020 The incidence of obesity has reached an all-time high, and this increase is observed worldwide. There is a growing need to understand all the factors that contribute to obesity to effectively treat and prevent it and associated comorbidities.
Blumberg, Bruce, Egusquiza, Riann Jenay
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A qualitative study of primary care clinicians' views of treating childhood obesity [PDF]
, 2007 Background: The prevalence of childhood obesity is rising and the UK Government have stated a commitment to addressing obesity in general. One method has been to include indicators relating to obesity within the GP pay-for-performance Quality and ...
A Bocquier +25 more
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Using Group Model Building to Understand Factors That Influence Childhood Obesity in an Urban Environment [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Despite increased attention, conventional views of obesity are based upon individual behaviors, and children and parents living with obesity are assumed to be the primary problem solvers.
Bachrach, Ann L. +10 more
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Maternal metabolic factors during pregnancy predict early childhood growth trajectories and obesity risk: the CANDLE Study. [PDF]
, 2019 BackgroundWe investigated the individual and additive effects of three modifiable maternal metabolic factors, including pre-pregnancy overweight/obesity, gestational weight gain (GWG), and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), on early childhood growth ...
Bush, Nicole R +8 more
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The executive functions in overweight and obesity: a systematic review of neuropsychological cross-sectional and longitudinal studies [PDF]
, 2019 Background: The increasing incidence of people affected by overweight or obesity is a significant health problem. The knowledge of the factors which influences the inappropriate eating behaviors causing excessive body fat is an essential goal for the ...
Casagrande, Maria +2 more
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Prevalence and five-year cumulative incidence of abdominal obesity in Croatian women of childbearing age: the CroHort study [Prevalencija i petogodišnja kumulativna incidencija abdominalne pretilosti u žena fertilne dobi u Hrvatskoj] [PDF]
, 2012 Generalised obesity is increasing in prevalence globally, however trends in abdominal obesity are less well known. In 2003, 1,999 women of childbearing age participated in the Croatian Adult Health Survey, of whom 598 (29.9%) participated in the second ...
Fišter, Kristina +6 more
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New Directions in Obesity Prevention and Treatment: AcademyHealth 25th Annual Research Meeting [PDF]
, 2008 Summarizes presentations and discussions from a June 2008 conference on the implications of childhood obesity for health services, obesity treatment and prevention, the costs and consequences of adult obesity, and restricting food marketing to ...
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What Does America Think About Childhood Obesity? [PDF]
, 2006 Presents findings from a survey of 1,108 adults that examines current attitudes about childhood obesity and measures support for various childhood obesity prevention ...
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