Recent publications on Obesity

Morales LS, Edwards TC, Flores Y, Barr L, Patrick DL. Measurement properties of a multicultural weight-specific quality-of-life instrument for children and adolescents.  Qual Life Res. 2011 Mar;20(2):215-24. Epub 2010 Sep 6. PubMed

Abdullah A, Stoelwinder J, Shortreed S, Wolfe R, Stevenson C, Walls H, de Courten M, Peeters A. The duration of obesity and the risk of type 2 diabetes. Public Health Nutr. 2011 Jan;14(1):119-26. Epub 2010 Jun 29. PubMed

Bell JF, Zimmerman FJ, Arterburn DE, Maciejewski ML. Health-care expenditures of overweight and obese males and females in the Medical Expenditures Panel Survey by age cohort. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2011 Jan;19(1):228-32. Epub 2010 May 13. PubMed

Patrick DL, Skalicky AM, Edwards TC, Kuniyuki A, Morales LS, Leng M, Kirschenbaum DS. Weight loss and changes in generic and weight-specific quality of life in obese adolescents.  Qual Life Res. 2010 Aug;20(6):961-8. Epub 2010 Dec 28. PubMed

Berrington de Gonzalez A, Hartge P, Cerhan JR, Flint AJ, Hannan L, MacInnis RJ, Moore SC, Tobias GS, Anton-Culver H, Freeman LB, Beeson WL, Clipp SL, English DR, Folsom AR, Freedman DM, Giles G, Hakansson N, Henderson KD, Hoffman-Bolton J, Hoppin JA, Koenig KL, Lee IM, Linet MS, Park Y, Pocobelli G, Schatzkin A, Sesso HD, Weiderpass E, Willcox BJ, Wolk A, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Willett WC, Thun MJ. Body-mass index and mortality among 1.46 million white adults. N Engl J Med. 2010 Dec 2;363(23):2211-9. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1000367. PubMed

Arterburn DE, Alexander GL, Calvi J, Coleman LA, Gillman MW, Novotny R, Quinn VP, Rukstalis M, Stevens VJ, Taveras EM, Sherwood NE. Body mass index measurement and obesity prevalence in ten U.S. health plans. Clin Med Res. 2010 Dec;8(3-4):126-30. Epub 2010 Aug 3. PubMed

Gavin AR, Simon GE, Ludman EJ. The association between obesity, depression, and educational attainment in women: the mediating role of body image dissatisfaction.  J Psychosom Res. 2010;69(6):573-81. Epub 2010 Jul 3. PubMed

Cheadle A, Samuels SE, Rauzon S, Yoshida SC, Schwartz PM, Boyle M, Beery WL, Craypo L, Solomon L. Approaches to measuring the extent and impact of environmental change in three California community-level obesity prevention initiatives.  Am J Public Health. 2010;100(11):2129-36. PubMed

Maciejewski ML, Smith VA, Livingston EH, Kavee AL, Kahwati LC, Henderson WG, Arterburn DE. Health care utilization and expenditure changes associated with bariatric surgery.  Med Care. 2010;48(11):989-98. PubMed

Simon GE, Rohde P, Ludman EJ, Jeffery RW, Linde JA, Operskalski BH, Arterburn D. Association between change in depression and change in weight among women enrolled in weight loss treatment.  Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2010;32(6):583-9. Epub 2010 Oct 27. PubMed

Simon GE, Rohde P, Ludman EJ, Jeffery RW, Linde JA, Operskalski BH, Arterburn D, Finch EA. Is success in weight loss treatment contagious (do attendance and outcomes cluster within treatment groups)?  Obes Res Clin Pract. 2010;4(4):283-291. PubMed

Wernli KJ, Newcomb PA, Wang Y, Makar KW, Shadman M, Chia VM, Burnett-Hartman A, Wurscher MA, Zheng Y, Mandelson MT. Body size, IGF and growth hormone polymorphisms, and colorectal adenomas and hyperplastic polyps.  Growth Horm IGF Res. 2010;20(4):305-9. Epub 2010 May 26. PubMed

Maciejewski ML, Livingston EH, Kahwati LC, Henderson WG, Kavee AL, Arterburn DE. Discontinuation of diabetes and lipid-lowering medications after bariatric surgery at Veterans Affairs medical centers.  Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2010;6(6):601-7. Epub 2010 Jul 29. PubMed

Grow HM, Cook AJ, Arterburn DE, Saelens BE, Drewnowski A, Lozano P. Child obesity associated with social disadvantage of children's neighborhoods.  Soc Sci Med. 2010 Aug;71(3):584-91. Epub 2010 May 12. PubMed

Shurtleff DB, Walker WO, Duguay S, Peterson D, Cardenas D. Obesity and myelomeningocele: anthropometric measures. J Spinal Cord Med. 2010;33(4):410-9. PubMed

Ludman EJ, Ichikawa LE, Simon GE, Rohde P, Arterburn D, Operskalski BH, Linde JA, Jeffery RW. Breast and cervical cancer screening specific effects of depression and obesity.  Am J Prev Med. 2010;38(3):303-10. PubMed

Schauer DP, Arterburn DE, Livingston EH, Fischer D, Eckman MH. Decision modeling to estimate the impact of gastric bypass surgery on life expectancy for the treatment of morbid obesity. Arch Surg. 2010;145(1):57-62. PubMed

Ludman E, Simon GE, Ichikawa LE, Operskalski BH, Arterburn D, Linde JA, Jeffery RW, Rohde P, Finch EA. Does depression reduce the effectiveness of behavioral weight loss treatment?  Behav Med. 2010;35(4):126-34. PubMed

Ludman EJ, Russo JE, Katon WJ, Simon GE, Williams LH, Lin EH, Heckbert SR, Ciechanowski P, Young BA. How does change in depressive symptomatology influence weight change in patients with diabetes? Observational results from the Pathways longitudinal cohort. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2010 Jan;65(1):93-8. Epub 2009 Oct 12. PubMed

Arterburn D, Livingston EH, Schifftner T, Kahwati LC, Henderson WG, Maciejewski ML. Predictors of long-term mortality after bariatric surgery performed in Veterans Affairs medical centers.  Arch Surg. 2009;144(10):914-20. PubMed