BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: An estimate of the lifetime medical costs of an obese
child provides a benchmark of the potential per capita savings that could accrue from …

Obesity causes serious medical complications and impairs quality of life. Moreover, in older
persons, obesity can exacerbate the age-related decline in physical function and lead to …

Importance Prior studies have demonstrated lower all-cause mortality in individuals who are
overweight compared with those with normal body mass index (BMI), but whether this may …

Forecasts of life expectancy are an important component of public policy that influence age-
based entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare. Although the Social …

To estimate per‐person and aggregate direct medical costs of overweight and obesity and to
examine the effect of study design factors. PubMed (1968–2009), EconLit (1969–2009) and …

Obesity is a major influence on the development and course of cardiovascular diseases and
affects physical and social functioning and quality of life. The importance of effective …

Obesity prevalence is growing progressively even among older age groups. Controversy
exists about the potential harms of obesity in the elderly. Debate persists about the relation …

Background Bariatric surgery has been shown to improve cardiovascular risk factors but
long term benefits for survival and cardiovascular events are still uncertain. Methods We …

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Mind, Exercise, Nutrition, Do it
(MEND) Program, a multicomponent community‐based childhood obesity intervention …

Objectives: To examine the association between perceived overweight status and weight
control, discrepancies between perceived and measured weight status, and opportunities for …