An economy of scales: A selective review of obesity's economic causes, consequences, and solutions

J Cawley - Journal of health economics, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the economic research on obesity, covering topics such as the
measurement of, and trends in, obesity, the economic causes of obesity (eg the monetary …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of isolated soluble fiber supplementation on body weight, glycemia, and insulinemia in adults with overweight and obesity: a systematic review and …

SV Thompson, BA Hannon, R An… - The American journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background There is strong epidemiologic evidence that dietary fiber intake is protective
against overweight and obesity; however, results of intervention studies have been mixed …

Effect of weekly subcutaneous semaglutide vs daily liraglutide on body weight in adults with overweight or obesity without diabetes: the STEP 8 randomized clinical …

DM Rubino, FL Greenway, U Khalid, PM O'Neil… - Jama, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Phase 3 trials have not compared semaglutide and liraglutide, glucagon-like
peptide-1 analogues available for weight management. Objective To compare the efficacy …

Direct medical costs of obesity in the United States and the most populous states

J Cawley, A Biener, C Meyerhoefer, Y Ding… - Journal of managed …, 2021 - jmcp.org
BACKGROUND: After a dramatic increase in prevalence over several decades, obesity has
become a major public health crisis in the United States. Research to date has consistently …

Food deserts and the causes of nutritional inequality

H Allcott, R Diamond, JP Dubé… - … Quarterly Journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
We study the causes of “nutritional inequality”: why the wealthy eat more healthfully than the
poor in the United States. Exploiting supermarket entry and household moves to healthier …

[HTML][HTML] Weight loss and risk reduction of obesity-related outcomes in 0.5 million people: evidence from a UK primary care database

CL Haase, S Lopes, AH Olsen, A Satylganova… - International Journal of …, 2021 - nature.com
High body mass index (BMI) is known to be associated with various conditions, including
type 2 diabetes (T2D), osteoarthritis, cardiovascular disease (CVD) and sleep apnoea; …

[图书][B] The economics of health and health care

S Folland, AC Goodman, M Stano, S Danagoulian - 2024 - taylorfrancis.com
The Economics of Health and Health Care is the market-leading health economics textbook,
providing comprehensive coverage of all the key topics, and balancing economic theory …

Role of the gut microbiome in obesity and diabetes mellitus

GM Barlow, A Yu, R Mathur - Nutrition in clinical practice, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and obesity represent two of the biggest global health
challenges of this century and are associated with significant comorbidities and healthcare …

The effect of air pollution on body weight and obesity: Evidence from China

O Deschenes, H Wang, S Wang, P Zhang - Journal of Development …, 2020 - Elsevier
We provide the first study estimating the causal effect of air pollution on body weight and
obesity. Using the China Health and Nutrition Survey, which contains detailed longitudinal …

[HTML][HTML] The high and rising costs of obesity to the US health care system

A Biener, J Cawley, C Meyerhoefer - Journal of general internal medicine, 2017 - Springer
T he papers in this special issue examine behavioral, pharmacotherapy, and surgical
interventions for weight loss, based on a 2016 conference on state-of-the-art weight …