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Transforming Research Strategies for Understanding and Preventing Obesity
Terry T.-K. Huang, PhD, MPH;
Thomas A. Glass, PhD
JAMA. 2008;300(15):1811-1813.
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Currently, one-third of children and two-thirds of adults in the United States are overweight or obese; this trend has persisted for the last decade and shows no sign of abatement.1-2 Obesity tracks from childhood into adulthood, with unfolding and serious medical and economic consequences throughout the life course. One recent estimate suggests that if the current trend continues, obesity will account for more than $860 billion, or more than 16%, of health care expenditures in the United States by 2030.3 The need to find effective population-level obesity prevention strategies is among the most profound challenges in public health. Altering fundamental behaviors that govern energy balance is impossible when behaviors related to eating and physical activity are treated in isolation from the broader social, physical, economic, and policy context. Although energy consumption and energy expenditure may be at the core of the . . . [Full Text of this Article]Toward a Multilevel Obesity Research Strategy
Author Affiliations: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland (Dr Huang); and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland (Dr Glass).
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