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[Child Obesity Policy Briefs]

From The Editor-in-Chief

The Child Abuse We Inflict Through Child Obesity Susan Dentzer [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Entry Point

Health Centers Fill Critical Gap, Enjoy Support [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

People & Places

People & Places [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Worsening Trends, Action Agenda

National, State, And Local Disparities In Childhood Obesity Christina Bethell, Lisa Simpson, Scott Stumbo, Adam C. Carle, and Narangerel Gombojav [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Technical Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

Reducing Childhood Obesity Through Policy Change: Acting Now To Prevent Obesity Thomas R. Frieden, William Dietz, and Janet Collins [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Economics Of Childhood Obesity John Cawley [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

How Much Should We Invest In Preventing Childhood Obesity? Leonardo Trasande [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Methodological Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

Personal Responsibility And Obesity: A Constructive Approach To A Controversial Issue Kelly D. Brownell, Rogan Kersh, David S. Ludwig, Robert C. Post, Rebecca M. Puhl, Marlene B. Schwartz, and Walter C. Willett [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Childhood Obesity: The New Tobacco Jonathan D. Klein and William Dietz [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Science Of Childhood Obesity Jonathan Bor [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Food & Agriculture

Trends In Snacking Among U.S. Children Carmen Piernas and Barry M. Popkin [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Appendix Exhibit] [Reprints & Permissions]

Agricultural Policy And Childhood Obesity: A Food Systems And Public Health Commentary David Wallinga [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Federal Food Policy And Childhood Obesity: A Solution Or Part Of The Problem? Rachel Tolbert Kimbro and Elizabeth Rigby [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

Predicting Support For Restricting Food Marketing To Youth Amir Goren, Jennifer L. Harris, Marlene B. Schwartz, and Kelly D. Brownell [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Technical Appendix][Erratum] [Reprints & Permissions]

Temptations In Cyberspace: New Battlefields In Childhood Obesity Anjali Jain [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Schools

Are ‘Competitive Foods’ Sold At School Making Our Children Fat? Nicole Larson and Mary Story [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement] [Reprints & Permissions]

‘Competitive’ Food And Beverage Policies: Are They Influencing Childhood Overweight Trends? Emma V. Sanchez-Vaznaugh, Brisa N. Sánchez, Jonggyu Baek, and Patricia B. Crawford [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Technical Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

Lessons From Pennsylvania’s Mixed Response To Federal School Wellness Law Claudia Probart, Elaine T. McDonnell, Lamis Jomaa, and Vonda Fekete [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Technical Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

Barriers To Obesity Prevention In Head Start Cayce C. Hughes, Rachel A. Gooze, Daniel M. Finkelstein, and Robert C. Whitaker [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Lessons From States & Localities

Learning From State Surveillance Of Childhood Obesity Matt Longjohn, Amy R. Sheon, Paula Card-Higginson, Philip R. Nader, and Maryann Mason [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Policy Solutions To The ‘Grocery Gap’ Allison Karpyn, Miriam Manon, Sarah Treuhaft, Tracey Giang, Caroline Harries, and Kate McCoubrey [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

A Statewide Strategy To Battle Child Obesity In Delaware Debbie I. Chang, Allison Gertel-Rosenberg, Vonna L. Drayton, Shana Schmidt, and Gwendoline B. Angalet [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Mapping Data Shape Community Responses To Childhood Obesity William M. Sage, Matthew Balthazar, Steven Kelder, Susan Millea, Stephen Pont, and Mohan Rao [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Technical Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

Report From The Field

Youngsters Trade Bagels And Butter For Cucumbers And Carrots Steve Bogira [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Built Environment

Neighborhood Socioeconomic Conditions, Built Environments, And Childhood Obesity Gopal K. Singh, Mohammad Siahpush, and Michael D. Kogan [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Appendix Exhibits] [Reprints & Permissions]

Business Case

Impact Of Childhood Obesity On Employers Martin-J. Sepulveda, Fan Tait, Edward Zimmerman, and Dee Edington [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Erratum] [Reprints & Permissions]

Web First

Health Spending Projections Through 2019: The Recession’s Impact Continues Christopher J. Truffer, Sean Keehan, Sheila Smith, Jonathan Cylus, Andrea Sisko, John A. Poisal, Joseph Lizonitz, and M. Kent Clemens (published online 4 February 2010) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Evidence That Value-Based Insurance Can Be Effective Michael E. Chernew, Iver A. Juster, Mayur Shah, Arnold Wegh, Stephen Rosenberg, Allison B. Rosen, Michael C. Sokol, Kristina Yu-Isenberg, and A. Mark Fendrick (published online 21 January 2010) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Prices Don’t Drive Regional Medicare Spending Variations Daniel J. Gottlieb, Weiping Zhou, Yunjie Song, Kathryn Gilman Andrews, Jonathan S. Skinner, and Jason M. Sutherland (published online 28 January 2010) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

Trends In Health Care Spending For Immigrants In The United States Jim P. Stimpson, Fernando A. Wilson, and Karl Eschbach (published online 11 February 2010) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Narrative Matters

‘How Much Does Zozo Weigh Today?’ Anjali Jain [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Elephant In The Exam Room Perri Klass [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch

Helping States Enhance Health Care Quality Through Technical Assistance Enrique Martinez-Vidal, Anne K. Gauthier, and Allison DiVincenzo [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Technical Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

Book Reviews

Outsourcing Big Pharma Dinesh Sharma [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

National Initiatives In Long-Term Care Mary Jane Koren, Larry Minnix, and Bruce Yarwood [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Diagnostic Imaging: The Authors Respond David C. Levin, Vijay M. Rao, and Laurence Parker [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Diagnostic Imaging In Physicians’ Offices Mark Bisesi [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Drug Patents In Guatemala Bismarck Pineda [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Quality And Value In Orthopedic Surgery Lauchlan Chambers [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Orthopedic Surgery: The Authors Respond Timothy Bhattacharyya [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Patents In Guatemala: The Authors Respond Ellen R. Shaffer and Joseph E. Brenner [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Errata

Errata [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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