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Obesity and its Implications for COVID‐19 Mortality by Dietz, William, Santos‐Burgoa, Carlos

“…A recent Journal of the American Medical Association viewpoint regarding fatalities in Italy associated with the new coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic failed to…”
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Obesity and Excessive Weight Gain in Young Adults: New Targets for Prevention by Dietz, William H

“…Dietz talks about Zheng and colleagues' study that focus on the prevention of obesity and excessive weight gain in young adults. Using data from 92 837 women…”
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We Need a New Approach to Prevent Obesity in Low-Income Minority Populations by Dietz, William H

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Solving Population-wide Obesity — Progress and Future Prospects by Kumanyika, Shiriki, Dietz, William H

“…The global obesity rate has tripled since the mid-1970s. Major investments have been made in this area, and there have been some legislative and regulatory…”
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The COVID‐19 lockdown increased obesity disparities; will the increases in type 2 diabetes continue? by Dietz, William H.

“…Objective The aim of this study was to compare the prevalence of the increases in pediatric obesity during the COVID‐19 lockdown with the annual increases in…”
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Climate change and malnutrition: we need to act now by Dietz, William H

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The Response of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to the Obesity Epidemic by Dietz, William H

“…The recognition of the obesity epidemic as a national problem began in 1999 with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) publication of a…”
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Better Diet Quality in the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act and WIC Package Reduced Childhood Obesity by Dietz, William H

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Double-duty solutions for the double burden of malnutrition by Dietz, William H

“…In The Lancet, the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration1 describe trends in body-mass index (BMI), underweight, overweight, and obesity in almost 130 million…”
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“Relapse” is the word we should use to describe weight regain after weight loss by Dietz, William H.

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What can regional estimates of the prevalence of obesity tell us about what risk factors we should target? by Dietz, William H.

“…[...]two studies of regional differences in adult obesity that used the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance…”
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A New Framework for Addressing Adverse Childhood and Community Experiences: The Building Community Resilience Model by Ellis, Wendy R., Dietz, William H.

“…We propose a transformative approach to foster collaboration across child health, public health, and community-based agencies to address the root causes of…”
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Management of obesity: improvement of health-care training and systems for prevention and care by Dietz, William H, Dr, Baur, Louise A, Prof, Hall, Kevin, PhD, Puhl, Rebecca M, PhD, Taveras, Elsie M, PhD, Uauy, Ricardo, Prof, Kopelman, Peter, MD

“…Summary Although the caloric deficits achieved by increased awareness, policy, and environmental approaches have begun to achieve reductions in the prevalence…”
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Time to Adopt New Measures of Severe Obesity in Children and Adolescents by Dietz, William H

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Overweight in Childhood and Adolescence by Dietz, William H

“…The prevalence of overweight doubled among children 6 to 11 years of age and tripled among those 12 to 17 years of age between the second National Health and…”
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Coverage for obesity prevention and treatment: analysis of state employee health plans and use of benefits by Hughes, Samuel, Dietz, William H., Gallagher, Christine

“…Objective Using data from 2017, the authors have previously examined the coverage of obesity‐related services in state employee health plans since 2009 and…”
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Global shifts in the patterns of urban and rural weight increase by Dietz, William H.

“…The prevalence of excess weight gain is increasing more rapidly in rural than in urban environments. Increased intake of ultra-processed foods has been…”
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The Obesity (Under) Treatment Conundrum by Dietz, William H.

“…(1) established the diagnosis of obesity from electronic health records, they did not assess whether the diagnosis of obesity was recognized and recorded by a…”
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A Proposed Standard of Obesity Care for All Providers and Payers by Dietz, William H., Gallagher, Christine

“…Objective The aim of this work is to develop a practical, tangible, measurable, and simple standard of care for the treatment of adult obesity that provides…”
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Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Excess Adiposity Among Overweight Children and Adolescents: The Bogalusa Heart Study by Freedman, David S., PhD, Mei, Zuguo, MD, PhD, Srinivasan, Sathanur R., PhD, Berenson, Gerald S., MD, Dietz, William H., MD

“…Objective To explore the accuracy of various body mass index (BMI) cutpoints in identifying children who have excess adiposity (based on skinfold thicknesses),…”
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