Obesity Literature

More than a third of the American adult population is overweight, and an additional 32.2 percent are considered obese.¹ A recent study estimated annual medical spending due to overweight and obesity (body mass index > 25) to be as much as $92.6 billion in 2002 dollars, or 9.1 percent of U.S. health expenditures.² With figures like this, it's no surprise that obesity and overweight are receiving increased attention in published research from both academic and health care outcomes perspectives. DMAA suggests the following references, search tools and project publications as obesity management resources:

Our Journal

Population Health Management—the official journal of DMAA: The Care Continuum Alliance.

• The Role of Disease Management in the Treatment and Prevention of Obesity with Associated Comorbidities (Population Health Management, June 2007)
• Special Supplement: "Obesity and the Search for Solutions" (Population Health Management, September 2007)
• Assessment and Management of Obesity and Comorbid Conditions (Population Health Management, October 2007)

Other References

• MedlinePlus: Obesity
• Obesity (journal of The Obesity Society)
• OBESITY+
  The Online Best Evidence Service In Tackling obesitY+ (OBESITY+), sponsored by the Canadian Obesity Network/Réseau canadien en obésité and provided by McMaster University's Health Information Research Unit.
• Obesity Online Slide Library
  A collection of educational presentations by The Obesity Society's editorial board on current approaches to the assessment, treatment and management of obesity. Each presentation contains talking points, references linked to PubMed and keywords to find additional slides on related topics. Each talk can be individually viewed or the slide library can be searched by keyword to assemble a custom presentation. Talks and customized presentations can be downloaded into PowerPoint.

¹ Statistics from http://win.niddk.nih.gov/statistics/index.htm#preval
² Finkelstein EA, Fiebelkorn IC, Wang G. National medical spending attributable to overweight and obesity: How much, and who's paying? Health Affairs Web Exclusive. 2003; W3:219-226. Available at http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/hlthaff.w3.219v1/DC1.