If present increases in the rate of obesity persist, by 2015 half of the population in the US could be obese. This … article presents the case that the reason for the epidemic is an `infrastructure of obesity' that fuels the phenomenon. To … that favour individual choice to policies that regulate the food supply, to help dismantle the infrastructure of obesity …

; therefore, identification of patients likely to be frequent users of medical visits is required. Obesity has not often been used …

maintenance. Despite intensive investigation, pharmacological therapy for obesity is not yet fully satisfactory: current drugs are … recommended only for selected patients, and should be used together with behavioural modification. Obesity surgery is the therapy … of choice for some selected cases with severe or morbid obesity. …

The worldwide prevalence of obesity has been steadily rising, reaching alarming levels. Obesity, particularly morbid … obesity, carries significant health risks to the lives of affected patients, including physical, psychological, and social co …-morbidities. Bariatric surgery provides the only effective and sustainable approach to treat morbid obesity and reverse its adverse effects …

distribution. There is a statistically significant negative income gradient in BMI at the obesity threshold and some evidence of a …

distribution. There is a strong negative income gradient in BMI at the obesity threshold and some evidence of a positive gradient …

Background:Background: Obesity is a well-known risk factor for sick leave, disability pension and premature death …. Obesity is therefore presumably related to increased productivity losses. Abstract: Objective:Objective: The aim of this study … was to estimate the lifetime productivity losses to society associated with obesity status. Abstract: Methods …