Other
Reading
Allison DB, Fontaine KR,
Manson JE, Stevens J, VanItallie
TB. Annual deaths attributable
to obesity in the United
States. JAMA1999.
Benotti, P, Bistrian, B,
Benotti, J, Blackburn, G,
Forse, R. Heart disease
and hypertension in severe
obesity: The benefits of
weight reduction. Am J Clin
Nutr 1992; 55:586s-90s.
Calle EE, Thun MJ, Petrelli
JM, Rodriguez C, Heath CW,
Jr. Body-mass index and
mortality in a prospective
cohort of U.S. adults. N
Engl J Med 1999; 341:1097-105.
Colditz GA. Economic costs
of obesity and inactivity.
Med Sci Sports Exerc 1999;
31:S663-7.
Colditz GA, Willett WC,
Rotnitzky A, Manson JE.
Weight gain as a risk factor
for clinical diabetes mellitus
in women. Ann Intern Med
1995; 122:481-6.
Clinical guidelines on the
identification, evaluation,
and treatment of overweight
and obesity in adults.
National Institutes of Health,
National Heart, Lung, and
Blood Institute, Obesity
Education Initiative.
Dietary Reference Intakes
for Energy, Carbohydrates,
Fiber, Fat, Protein and
Amino Acids. Institute of
Medicine: Washington, DC,
2002.
Dietz WH. Childhood weight
affects adult morbidity
and mortality. J Nutr1998;
128:411S-414S.
Halverson, JD. Micronutrient
deficiencies after gastric
bypass for morbid obesity.
Am Surgeon 1986; 11:594-8.
Hoekstra, SM, Lucas, CE,
Ledgerwood, AM, Lucas, WF.
A comparsion of the gastric
bypass and the gastric wrap
for morbid obesity. Surgery
1993; 176:262-6.
Huang Z, Willett WC, Manson
JE, et al. Body weight,
weight change, and risk
for hypertension in women.
Ann Intern Med 1998; 128:81-8.
Lee IM, Manson JE, Hennekens
CH, Paffenbarger RS, Jr.
Body weight and mortality.
A 27-year follow-up of middle-aged
men. JAMA1993; 270:2823-8.
MacLean, LD, Rode, BM,
Samoalis, J, Forse, RA.
Results of surgical treatment
of obesity. Am J Surg 1993;
165:155-162.
Manson JE, Willett WC,
Stampfer MJ, et al. Body
weight and mortality among
women. N Engl J Med 1995;
333:677-85.
McTigue KM, Garrett JM,
Popkin BM. The natural history
of the development of obesity
in a cohort of young U.S.
adults between 1981 and
1998. Ann Intern Med 2002;
136:857-64.
Mokdad AH, Bowman BA, Ford
ES, Vinicor F, Marks JS,
Koplan JP. The continuing
epidemics of obesity and
diabetes in the United States.
JAMA 2001; 286:1195-200.
Mokdad AH, Serdula MK,
Dietz WH, Bowman BA, Marks
JS, Koplan JP. The spread
of the obesity epidemic
in the United States, 1991-1998.
JAMA 1999; 282:1519-22.
Neel JV, Weder AB, Julius
S. Type II diabetes, essential
hypertension, and obesity
as "syndromes of impaired
genetic homeostasis": the
"thrifty genotype" hypothesis
enters the 21st century.
Perspect Biol Med 1998;
42:44-74.
NIH consensus statement.
Gastrointestinal surgery
for severe obesity: National
Institutes of Health Consensus
Development Conference Statement.
Am J Clin Nutr 1992; 55:615s-61s
Overweight, obesity, and
health risk. National Task
Force on the Prevention
and Treatment of Obesity.
Arch Intern Med 2000; 160:898-904.
Prevalence of overweight
among children and adolescents:
United States, 1999. National
Center for Health Statistics,
Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention accessed
on 10 May 2001.
Singh PN, Lindsted KD,
Fraser GE. Body weight and
mortality among adults who
never smoked. Am J Epidemiol1999;
150:1152-64.
Stevens J, Cai J, Pamuk
ER, Williamson DF, Thun
MJ, Wood JL. The effect
of age on the association
between body-mass index
and mortality. N Engl J
Med 1998; 338:1-7.
The truth about dieting.
Consumer Reports 2002; 67:26-31
Willett W. Nutritional
epidemiology. 2nd ed. New
York: Oxford University
Press, 1998.
Willett WC, Dietz WH, Colditz
GA. Guidelines for healthy
weight. N Engl J Med 1999;
341:427-34.
Wing RR, Hill JO. Successful
weight loss maintenance.
Annu Rev Nutr 2001; 21:323-41. |