All Articles on Obesity
What if a street map could show how healthily people eat?UW and GHRI researchers have come up with innovative maps that illustrate the link between wealth accumulation and diet quality.
Bariatric surgery pros & cons—Why Group Health research mattersDr. David Arterburn talks about his studies with Kaiser and other systems to help a rapidly increasing population with severe obesity.
News release: PCORI approves Group Health for $4.5 million obesity studyStudy leader Dr. David Arterburn will use PCORnet, new national clinical research network, to speed results.
PCORI approves Group Health for $4.5 million obesity studyStudy leader Dr. David Arterburn will use PCORnet, new national clinical research network, to speed results.
Do Coke-funded obesity messages leave a bad taste?Group Health Physician and GHRI Associate Investigator Beverly Green, MD, MPH, weighs in on obesity advice from a group sponsored by Coca-Cola.
Learning the benefits and costs of surgery for obesityDr. David Arterburn has new studies on the costs, care variation, and effect on life expectancy of bariatric surgery. The results could guide obesity care.
Is obesity an environmental issue?Ecology, as well as politics, economics, and culture contribute to obesity, according to this review of Julie Guthman's book Weighing In.
