Trends, Prevalence, Methods

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A Short History of Nutrition

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Carpenter, KJ (2003) [Full] A short history of nutritional science: Part 1 (1785 - 1885) J Nutr
Carpenter, KJ (2003) [Full] A short history of nutritional science: Part 2 (1885 - 1912) J Nutr
Carpenter, KJ (2003) [Full] A short history of nutritional science: Part 3 (1912 - 1944) J Nutr
Carpenter, KJ (2003) [Full] A short history of nutritional science: Part 4 (1945 - 1985) J Nutr
Semba, RD (2012) [Full] The discovery of the vitamins Int J Vitam Nutr Res
Weaver, CM (2014) [Full] Processed foods: contributions to nutrition AJCN

Accuracy of Food Labels

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Jumpertz, R (2013) [Full] Food label accuracy of common snack foods Obesity
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Welsh, JA (2011) [Full] Consumption of added sugars is decreasing in the United States Am J Clin Nutr
Ervin & Ogden (2013) [Full] Consumption of added sugars among US adults, 2005-2010 CDC
White, JS (2013) [Full] Challenging the Fructose hypothesis: new perspectives on fructose consumption an… Adv Nutr
Martinez Steele, E (2016) [Full] Ultra-processed foods and added sugars in the US diet: evidence from a nationall… BMJ Open
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Sylvetsky, AC (2012) [Full] Low-calorie sweetener consumption is increasing in the United States Am J Clin Nutr

Behavior Change Techniques Taxonomy

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Abraham & Michie (2008) [Abs] A taxonomy of behavior change techniques used in interventions Health Psychol
Michie, S (2011) [Abs] A refined taxonomy of behavior change techniques to help people change their phy… Psychol Health
Michie, S (2013) [Full] The behavior change technique taxonomy (v1) of 93 hierarchically clustered techn… Anns Behav Med

Beverage Consumption Patterns

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Briefel & Johnson (2004) [Abs] Secular trends in dietary intake in the United States Annu Rev Nutr
Kant, AK (2012) [Full] Association of food form with self-reported 24-h energy intake and meal patterns… Am J Clin Nutr
Gibson & Shirreffs (2013) [Full] Beverage consumption habits “24/7” among British adults: association with total … Nutr J
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Briefel & Johnson (2004) [Abs] Secular trends in dietary intake in the United States Annu Rev Nutr
Austin, GL (2011) [Full] Trends in carbohydrate, fat, and protein intakes and association with energy int… Am J Clin Nutr
Archer, E (2013) [Full] Validity of US nutritional serveillance: NNHANES caloric energy intake data, 197… PLOS ONE

Calorie Intake - Weekdays vs Weekends

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Racette, SB (2008) [Full] Influence of weekend lifestyle patterns on body weight Obesity
Orsama, AL (2014) [Full] Weight rhythms: weight increases during weekends and decreases during weekdays Obes Facts
Jorge, R (2019) [Full] Does diet strictness level during weekends and holiday periods influence 1-year … Nutr J

Calories Available in the Food Supply

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Hall, KD (2009) [Full] The progressive increase of food waste in America and its environmental impact PLOS ONE
Swinburn, BA (2009) [Full] Increased food energy supply is more than sufficient to explain the US epidemic … Am J Clin Nutr
Krebs-Smith, SM (2010) [Full] Healthfulness of the U.S. food supply: little improvement despite decades of die… Am J Prev Med
Duffey & Popkin (2011) [Full] Energy density, portion size, and eating occasions: contributions to increased e… PLOS MED
Swinburn, BA (2011) [Abs] The global obesity pandemic: shaped by global drivers and local environments Lancet
Vandevijvere, S (2015) [Full] Increased food energy supply as a major driver of the obesity epidemic Bull World Health Organ
Hall, KD (2018) [Full] Did the food environment cause the obesity epidemic? Obesity

Consumers Estimation of Calories in Foods

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Block, JP (2013) [Full] Consumers’ estimation of calorie content at fast food restaurants: cross section… BMJ

Cost Efficiency Effectiveness of Diets

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Pritchard, DA (1999) [Full] Nutritional counseling in general practice: A cost-effective analysis J Epidemiol Community Health
Tsai, AG (2005) [Abs] Commercial and self-help programs for weight control Psychiatr Clin N Am
Dansinger, ML (2007) [Abs] Meta-analysis: the effect of dietary counseling for weight loss Ann Intern Med
Loveman, E (2011) [Full] The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of long-term weight management… Health Technol Assess
Archer, E (2012) [Abs] An economic analysis of traditional and technology-based approaches to weight lo… Am J Prev Med
Hersey, JC (2012) [Abs] The efficacy and cost-effectiveness of a community weight management interventio… Prev Med
Radcliff, TA (2012) [Full] Comparing costs of telephone vs face-to-face extended-care programs for the mana… ADA
Tsai, AG (2012) [Abs] A quality-adjusted life year of prevention: the cost-effectiveness of nutrition … ADA
Fuller, NR (2013) [Full] A within-trial cost-effectiveness analysis of primary care referral to a commerc… Int J Obes
Ritzwoller, DP (2013) [Full] Economic analyses of the Be Fit Be Well Program: A weight loss program for commu… Gen Med
Finkelstein & Kruger (2014) [Full] Meta- and cost-effectiveness analysis of commercial weight loss strategies Obesity
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Fakhouri, T (2012) [Full] Consumption of diet drinks in the United States, 2009-2010 CDC

Dietary Guidelines

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Fogli-Cawley, J (2006) [Full] The 2005 dietary guidelines for Americans Adherence Index: Development and appli… J Nutr
Lichtenstein, AH (2006) [Full] Diet and lifestyle recommendations revision 2006: A scientific statement from th… Circulation
King, JC (2007) [Full] An evidence-based approach for establishing dietary guidelines J Nutr
Layman, DK (2009) [Full] Dietary guidelines should reflect new understandings about adult protein needs Nutr Metab
Marra, MV (2009) [Abs] Position of the American Dietetic Association: Nutrient Supplementation J Am Diet Assoc
Krebs-Smith, SM (2010) [Full] Americans do not meet federal dietary recommendations J Nutr
Fulgoni III, VL (2011) [Full] Foods, forticants, and supplements: Where do Americans get their Nutrients? J Nutr
Post, RC (2011) [Abs] Setting the table with a healthy plate: make half your plate fruits and vegetabl… ADA
Britten, P (2012) [Abs] Updated US Department of Agriculture Food Patterns meet goals of the 2010 Dietar… J Acad Nutr Diet
CDC (2012) [Full] Second national report on biochemical indicators of diet and nutrition in the US… CDC
Slavin, J (2012) [Full] Beverages and body weight: challenges in the evidence-based review process of th… Nutr Rev
Nicklas, TA (2013) [Abs] Barriers and facilitators for consumer adherence to the Dietary Guidelines for A… J Acad Nutr Diet
Srinivasan, CS (2013) [Abs] Can adherence to dietary guidelines address excess caloric intake? An empirical … Econ Human Biol
Wansink & Kranz (2013) [Abs] Who’s using MyPlate? J Nutr Educ Behav
Guenther, PM (2014) [Full] The healthy eating index-2010 is a valid and reliable measure of diet quality ac… J Nutr
Wolever & Sievenpiper (2014) [Full] Revised food labeling in North America: the blind leading the blind Eur J Clin Nutr

Dietary Supplements (use of)

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Blanck, HM (2007) [Abs] Use of nonprescription dietary supplements for weight loss is common among Ameri… J Am Diet Assoc
Pillitteri, JL (2008) [Full] Use of dietary supplements for weight loss in the United States: results of a na… Obesity

Dieting Practices (Weight Control Behaviors)

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Jeffery & French (1996) [Full] Socioeconomic status and weight control practices among 20- to 45-year-old women Am J Public Health
Neumark-Sztainer, D (2000) [Abs] Weight-control behaviors among Adults and adolescents: Associations with dietary… Prev Med
Kruger, J (2004) [Full] Attempting to lose weight. Specific practices among US adults Am J Prev Med
Thomas, SL (2008) [Full] “They all work…when you stick to them”: A qualitative investigation of dieting, … Nutr J
Arterburn, D (2013) [Full] Weight control practices of severely obese patients who are not seeking bariatri… Obesity
Keller & Siegrist (2015) [Abs] The weight management strategies inventory (WMSI). Development of a new measurem… Appetite
Haynes, A (2018) [Full] A systematic review of the relationship between weight status perceptions and we… Obes Rev

Does Healthy Food Cost More than Junk Food

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Katz, DL (2011) [Full] A cost comparison of more and less nutritous food choices in US supermarkets Public Health Nutr
Rao, M (2013) [Full] Do healthier foods and diet patterns cost more than less healthy options? A syst… BMJ

Eating Away from Home - Calorie Intake

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Briefel & Johnson (2004) [Abs] Secular trends in dietary intake in the United States Annu Rev Nutr
Kant & Graubard (2004) [Abs] Eating out in America, 1987-2000: trends and nutritional correlates Prev Med
Lachat, C (2012) [Abs] Eating out of home and its association with dietary intake: a systematic review … Obes Rev
Lin & Guthrie (2012) [Full] Nutritional quality of food prepared at home and away from home ERS
Fryar & Ervin (2013) [Full] Caloric intake from fast food among adults: United States, 2007-2010 CDC

Eating Occasions Food Frequency

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Popkin & Duffey (2010) [Full] Does hunger and satiety drive eating anymore? Increasing eating occasions and de… Am J Clin Nutr
Duffey & Popkin (2011) [Full] Energy density, portion size, and eating occasions: contributions to increased e… PLOS MED

Economic Burden of Obesity

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Wang, YC (2011) [Abs] Health and economic burden of the projected obesity trends in the USA and the UK Lancet

Energy Density Low-Nutrient Dense Food

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Briefel & Johnson (2004) [Abs] Secular trends in dietary intake in the United States Annu Rev Nutr
Duffey & Popkin (2011) [Full] Energy density, portion size, and eating occasions: contributions to increased e… PLOS MED

Energy Expenditure in Industrialized and Indigenous Populations

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Dugas, LR (2011) [Full] Energy expenditure in adults living in developing compared with industrialized c… Am J Clin Nutr

Estimation of Calories to Cause Obesity

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Swinburn, BA (2009) [Full] Estimating the changes in energy flux that characterize the rise in obesity prev… Am J Clin Nutr

Fast Food & Sit Down Restaurants - Calorie Information

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Bauer, KW (2012) [Full] Energy content of US fast food restaurant offerings. 14-Year trends Am J Prev Med
Scourboutakos & L-Abbe (2012) [Abs] Restaurant menus, calories, caloric density, and serving size Am J Prev Med
Hearst, MO (2013) [Abs] Nutritional quality at eight US fast-food chains. 14-year trends Am J Prev Med
Jacobson, MF (2013) [Full] Changes in sodium levels in processed and restaurant foods 2005 to 2011 JAMA Intern Med
Scourboutakos, MJ (2013) [Full] Restaurant meals: almost a full day’s worth of calories, fats, and sodium JAMA Intern Med
An, R (2015) [Full] Fast-food and full-service restaurant consumption and daily energy and nutrient … EJCN

Fitness - Morbidity & Mortality

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Blair, SN (1989) [Abs] Physical fitness and all-cause mortality-A prospective study of healthy men and … JAMA
Blair, SN (1995) [Abs] Changes in physical fitness and all-cause mortality JAMA
Wei, M (1999) [Full] Relationship between low cardiorespiratory fitness and mortality in normal-weigh… JAMA
Church, TS (2001) [Abs] Usefulness of cardiorespiratory fitness as a predictor of all-cause and cardiova… Am J Cardiol
Williams, PT (2001) [Full] Physical fitness and activity as separate heart disease risk factors: a meta-ana… Med Sci Sports Exerc
Myers, J (2002) [Full] Exercise capacity and mortality among men referred for exercise testing NEJM
Williams, PT (2008) [Full] Vigorous exercise, fitness and incident hypertension, high cholesterol, and diab… Med Sci Sports Exerc
Church, TS (2009) [Full] The low-finess phenotype as a risk factor: more than just being sedentary? Obesity
Fogelholm, M (2009) [Abs] Physical activity, fitness and fatness: relations to mortality, morbidity and di… Obes Rev
Moore, SC (2012) [Full] Leisure time physical activity of moderate to vigorous intensity and mortality: … PLOS ONE
Williams & Thompson (2013) [Full] Walking versus running for hypertension, cholesterol, and diabetes mellitus risk… Arteriscler Thromb Vasc Biol
Ross, R (2016) [Full] Importance of assessing cardiorespiratory fitness in clinical practice: a case f… Circulation

Fitness Apps - Quality Of

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Cowan, LT (2013) [Abs] Apps of Steel: Are exercise apps providing consumers with realistic expectations… Health Educ Behav
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White, JS (2013) [Full] Challenging the Fructose hypothesis: new perspectives on fructose consumption an… Adv Nutr

Food Addiction (Prevalence)

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Meule, A (2012) [Abs] Food addiction and body-mass-index: a non-linear relationship Med Hypothesis
Pedram, P (2013) [Full] Food addiction: Its prevalence and significant association with obesity in the g… PLOS ONE

Fruit & Vegetable Intake

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Guenther, P (2006) [Abs] Most Americans eat much less than recommended amounts of fruits and vegetables J Am Diet Assoc
Erinosho, TO (2011) [Abs] Fruit and vegetable intake of US adults: comparing intake by mode of survey admi… J Am Diet Assoc
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Finucane, MM (2011) [Full] National, regional, and global trends in body-mass index since 1980: systematic … Lancet
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Micha, R (2016) [Full] Global, regional, and national consumption of major food groups in 1990 and 2010… BMJ

Glycemic Index - Calculated versus Actual

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Flint, A (2004) [Full] The use of glycaemic index tables to predict glycaemic index composite breakfast… Br J Nutr
Dodd, H (2011) [Full] Calculating meal glycemic index by using measured and published food values comp… Am J Clin Nutr

Glycemic Index Glycemic Load Values

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Foster-Powell, K (2002) [Full] International table of glycemic index and glycemix load values: 2002 Am J Clin Nutr
Atkinson, FS (2008) [Full] International tables of glycemic index and glycemic load values: 2008 Diabetes Care

Health Benefits of a Modest Weight Loss

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Goldstein, DJ (1992) [Abs] Beneficial health effects of modest weight loss Int J Obes
Blackburn, G (1995) [Full] Effect of degree of weight loss on health benefits Obes Res
Wing, RR (2011) [Full] Benefits of modest weight loss in improving cardiovascular risk factors in overw… Diabetes Care
Fayh, AP (2013) [Full] Effects of a 5% weight loss through diet or diet plus exercise on cardiovascular… Eur J Nutr

Health at Every Size

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Bacon, L (2002) [Full] Evaluating a ’non-diet’ wellness interventions for improvement of metabolic fitn… Int J Obesity
Bacon, L (2005) [Abs] Size acceptance and intuitive eating improve health for obese, female chronic di… J Am Diet Assoc
Aphramor, L (2010) [Full] Validity of claims made in weight management research: a narrative review of die… Nutr J

Healthy Obesity & Metabolically Obese Lean

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Wildman, RP (2008) [Full] The obese without cardiometabolic risk factor clustering and the normal weight w… Arch Intern Med
Bluher, M (2012) [Abs] Are there still healthy obese patients? Curr Opin Endocrinol
Durward, CM (2012) [Full] All-cause mortality risk of metabolically healthy obese individuals in NHANES II… J Obesity
Samocha-Bonet, D (2012) [Abs] Insulin-sensitive obesity in humans - a ‘favorable fat’ phenotype? Trends Endo Metab
Coutinho, T (2013) [Full] Combining body mass index with measures of central obesity in the assessment of … J Am Coll Cardiol
Lopez-Miranda (2013) [Abs] It is time to define metabolically obese but normal-weight (MONW) individuals Clin Endocrinol
Ortega, FB (2013) [Full] The intriguing metabolically healthy but obese phenotype: cardiovascular prognos… Eur Heart J
Soriguer, F (2013) [Full] Metabolically healthy but obese, a matter of time? Findings from the Prospective… JCEM
Xu, J (2013) [Full] What distinguishes adipose tissue of severely obese humans who are insulin sensi… Curr Opin Lipidol

History of Dieting

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Mayer, J (1953) [Abs] Genetic, traumatic and environmental factors in the etiology of obesity Physiol Rev
Pennington, AW (1954) [Abs] Treatment of obesity: developments of the past 150 years Am J Dig Dis
Widdowson, EM (1962) [Full] Nutritional Individuality Proc Nutr Soc
Miller & Mumford (1966) [Full] Obesity: physical activity and nutrition Proc Nutr Soc Engl Scot
Council on Foods & Nutr (1973) [Abs] A critique of low-carbohydrate ketogenic weight reduction regimens. A review of … JAMA
Jou, C (2014) [Full] The biology and genetics of obesity–A century of inquiries NEJM
Levine, DI (2017) [Abs] The curious history of the calorie in U.S. policy: a tradition of unfulfilled pr… Am J Prev Med

History of Measuring Energy Expenditure

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Weir, JP (1949) [Full] New methods for calculating metabolic rate with special reference to protein met… J Physiol
Shepard & Aoyagi (2012) [Abs] Measurement of human energy expenditure, with particular reference to field stud… Eur J Appl Physiol

Hunter-Gatherer Nutrition versus Modern World

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Speth & Spielman (1983) [Abs] Energy source, protein metabolism, and hunter-gatherer subsistence strategies J Anthropol Archaeol
Eaton & Konner (1985) [Abs] Paleolithic Nutrition: A consideration of its nature and current implications NEJM
Leonard & Robertson (1992) [Abs] Nutritional requirements and human evolution: A bioenergetics model Am J Hum Biol
Cordain, L (1998) [Abs] Physical activity, energy expenditure and fitness: An evolutionary perspective Int J Sports Med
Cordain, L (2000) [Full] Plant-animal subsistence ratios and macronutrient energy estimations in worldwid… Am J Clin Nutr
Mann, N (2000) [Abs] Dietary lean red meat and human evolution Eur J Nutr
Cordain, L (2002) [Full] The paradoxical nature of hunter-gatherer diets: meat-based, yet non-atherogenic Eur J Clin Nutr
Chakravarthy & Booth (2004) [Full] Eating, exercise, and “thrifty” genotypes: connecting the dots toward an evoluti… J Appl Physiol
Cordain, L (2005) [Full] Origins and evolution of the Western diet: health implications for the 21st cent… Am J Clin Nutr
Frassetto, LA (2009) [Full] Metabolic and physiologic improvements from consuming a paleolithic, hunter-gath… Eur J Clin Nutr
Konner & Eaton (2010) [Abs] Paleolithic Nutrition: Twenty-five years later Nutr Clin Prac
Luca, F (2010) [Full] Evolutionary adaptations to dietary changes Annu Rev Nutr
Carrera-Bastos (2011) [Full] The western diet and lifestyle and diseases of civilization Res Rep Clin Cardiol
King, BM (2012) [Abs] Ancestral hunter-gatherers and sensory-reward control of food intake Am Psychol
Pontzer, H (2012) [Full] Hunter-Gatherer energetics and human obesity PLOS ONE
Fodor, GJ (2014) [Abs] “Fishing” for the origins of the “Eskimos and heart disease” story. Facts or wis… Canad J Cardiol
Hardy, K (2015) [Abs] The importance of dietary carbohydrate in human evolution The Quart Rev Biol
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Smith, LP (2013) [Full] Trends in US home food preparation and consumption: analysis of national nutriti… Nutr J
Taillie, LS (2018) [Full] Who’s cooking? Trends in US home food preparation by gender, education, and race… Nutr J

Measuring Intake - Innovative Methods

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Dong, Y (2012) [Full] A new method for measuring meal intake in humans via automated wrist motion trac… Appl Psychophysiol Biofeed
PaBler, S (2012) [Abs] Food intake monitoring: an acoustical approach to automated food intake activity… Physiol Meas
Martin, CK (2013) [Full] Measuring food intake with digital photography J Hum Nutr Dietetics
Helander, E (2014) [Full] Factors related to sustained use of a free mobile app for dietary self-monitorin… J Med Int Res

Measuring Metabolic Rate & RER - Reproducibility, Confounders, and Variation

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Weir, JB (1949) [Full] New methods for calculating metabolic rate with special reference to protein met… J Physiol
Rose & Williams (1961) [Full] Metabolic studies on large and small eaters Br J Nutr
Schutz & Raavussin (1980) [Abs] Respiratory quotients lower than 0.70 in ketogenic diets AJCN
Westenskow, DR (1988) [Abs] Calculation of metabolic expenditure and substrate utilization from gas exchange… JPEN
Schutz, Y (1995) [Full] Abnormalities of fuel utilization as predisposing to the development of obesity … Obes Res
Bassett, DR (2001) [Full] Validity of inspiratory and expiratory methods of measuring gas exchange with a … JAP
Taylor & Garrow (2001) [Full] Compared with nibbling, neither gorging nor a morning fast affect short-term ene… Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord
Adriaens, MP (2003) [Full] Intra-individual variation of basal metabolic rate and the influence of daily ha… Br J Nutr
Frankenfield, DC (2003) [Abs] Validation of several established equations for resting metabolic rate in obese … J Am Diet Assoc
Haugen, HA (2003) [Full] Variability of measured resting metabolic rate Am J Clin Nutr
Schutz, Y (2004) [Full] Concept of fat balance in human obesity revisited with particular reference to d… Int J Obes
Johnstone, AM (2005) [Full] Factors influencing variation in basal metabolic rate include fat-free mass, fat… Am J Clin Nutr
Keytel, LR (2005) [Abs] Prediction of energy expenditure from heart rate monitoring during submaximal ex… J Sports Sci
Roffey, DM (2006) [Abs] Day-to-day variance in measurement of resting metabolic rate using ventilated-ho… JPEN
Jeacocke & Burke (2010) [Abs] Methods to standardize dietary intake before performance testing Int J Sport Nutr Exerc
Bosy-Westphal, A (2013) [Full] Issues in characterizing resting energy expenditure in obesity and after weight … Front Physiol
Frankenfield & Coleman (2013) [Abs] An evaluation of a handheld indirect calorimeter against a standard calorimeter … JPEN
Gribok, A (2013) [Abs] On the accuracy of instantaneous gas exchange rates, energy expenditure and resp… Physiol Meas
Madden, AM (2013) [Abs] Accuracy and preference of measuring resting energy expenditure using a handheld… J Acad Nutr Diet
Madzima, TA (2014) [Full] Night-time consumption of protein or carbohydrate results in increased morning r… Br J Nutr
McMurray, RG (2014) [Full] Examing variations of resting metabolic rate of adults: A public health perspect… MSSE
Whelan, ME (2014) [Abs] A review of the effect of dietary composition on fasting substrate oxidation in … Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr
Stauffer, RA (2016) [Full] The acute effect of intermittent fasting on resting energy expenditure in colleg… ASEP

Nutrition Transition

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Crino, M (2015) [Abs] The influence of population weight gain and obesity of the macronutrient composi… Curr Obes Rep

Obesity - Complex Gene Environment Interactions

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Bray & Champagne (2005) Beyond energy balance: There is more to obesity than kilocalories J Am Diet Assoc
McAllister, EJ (2009) Ten putative contributors to the obesity epidemic Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr
Hafekost, K (2013) Tackling overweight and obesity: does the public health message match the scienc… BMC Med
McFerran & Mukhopadhyay (2013) Lay theories of obesity predict actual body mass Psych Sci

Obesity Morbidity & Mortality

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Troiano, RP (1995) [Abs] The relationship between body weight and mortality: a quantitative analysis of c… Int J Obes
Durazo-Arvizu, RA (1998) [Full] Mortality and optimal body mass index in a sample of the US population Am J Epidemiol
Allison, DB (1999) [Full] Annual deaths attributable to obesity in the United States JAMA
Flegal, KM (2004) [Full] Estimating deaths attributable to obesity in the United States Am J Public Health
Mokdad, AH (2004) [Abs] Actual causes of death in the United States, 2000 JAMA
Calle, EE (2005) [Abs] Obesity and mortality NEJM
Campos, P (2005) [Full] The epidemiology of overweight and obesity: public health crisis or moral panic? Int J Epidemiol
Church, TS (2005) [Full] Cardiorespiratory fitness and body mass index as predictors of cardiovascular di… Arch Intern Med
Flegal, KM (2005) [Full] Excess deaths associated with underweight, overweight, and obesity JAMA
Gregg, EW (2005) [Full] Secular trends in cardiovascular disease risk factors according to body mass ind… JAMA
Katzmarzyk, PT (2005) [Full] Metabolic syndrome, obesity, and mortality. Impact of cardiorespiratory fitness Diabetes Care
Mark, DH (2005) [Abs] Deaths attributable to obesity JAMA
McGee, DL (2005) [Abs] Body mass index and mortality: a meta-analysis based on person-level data from t… Ann Epidemiol
Mokdad, AH (2005) [Abs] Correction: Actual causes of death in the United States, 2000 JAMA
Poirier, P (2005) [Full] Obesity and cardiovascular disease statement Circulation
Preston, SH (2005) [Abs] Deadweight?–The influence of obesity on longevity NEJM
Adams, K (2006) [Full] Overweight, obesity, and mortality in a large prospective cohort of persons 50 t… NEJM
Flegal, KM (2007) [Full] Cause-specific excess deaths associated with underweight, overweight, and obesit… JAMA
Janssen & Mark (2007) [Abs] Elevated body mass index and mortality risk in the elderly Obes Rev
Guh, DP (2009) [Full] The incidence of co-morbidities related to obesity and overweight: a systematic … BMC Public Health
Whitlock, G (2009) [Full] Body-mass index and cause-specific mortality in 900,000 adults: collaborative an… Lancet
Berrington de Gonzalez, A (2010) [Full] Body-mass index and mortality among 1.46 milliion white adults NEJM
Childers & Allison (2010) [Full] The ‘obesity paradox’: a parsimonious explanation for relations among obesity, m… Int J Obes
Finkelstein, EA (2010) [Full] Individual and aggregate years-of-life-lost associated with overweight and obesi… Obesity
Orpana, HM (2010) [Full] BMI and mortality: results from the national longitudinal study of Canadian adul… Obesity
Carnethon, MR (2012) [Full] Association of weight status with mortality in adults with incidient diabetes JAMA
Cohen, SS (2012) [Full] Obesity and all-cause mortality among black adults and white adults Am J Epidemiol
Durward, CM (2012) [Full] All-cause mortality risk of metabolically healthy obese individuals in NHANES II… J Obesity
Fontaine, KR (2012) [Full] Body mass index and mortality rate among Hispanic adults: a pooled analysis of m… Int J Obes
Krakauer & Krakauer (2012) [Full] A new body shape index predicts mortality hazard independently of body mass inde… PLOS ONE
Park, MH (2012) [Abs] The impact of childhood obesity on morbidity and mortality in adulthood: a syste… Obes Rev
Park, Y (2012) [Full] Body mass index and mortality in non-hispanic black adults in the NIH-AARP diet … PLOS ONE
Preston, SH (2012) [Full] Projecting the effect of changes in smoking and obesity on future life expectanc… Nat Bureau Econ Res
Canning, KL (2013) [Full] Relationship between obesity and obesity-related morbidities weakens with aging J Gerontol A Biol Sci
Carmienke, S (2013) [Full] General and abdominal obesity parameters and their combination in relation to mo… Eur J Clin Nutr
Chang, SH (2013) [Full] Life years lost associated with obesity-related diseases for US non-smoking adul… PLOS ONE
Coutinho, T (2013) [Full] Combining body mass index with measures of central obesity in the assessment of … J Am Coll Cardiol
Flegal, KM (2013) [Full] Association of all-cause mortality with overweight and obesity using standard bo… JAMA
Greenberg, JA (2013) [Full] Obesity and early mortality in the United States Obesity
Guthman, J (2013) [Full] Fatuous measures: the artifactual construction of the obesity epidemic Critical Public Health
Heymsfiled & Cefalu (2013) [Abs] Does body mass index adequately convey a patient’s mortality risk? JAMA
Hughes, V (2013) [Full] The big fat truth Nature
Keith, SW (2013) [Full] Mortality rate and overweight: overblown or underestimated? A commentary on a re… Molec Metab
Ma, J (2013) [Abs] Joint association of adiposity and smoking with mortality among US adults Prev Med
Masters, RK (2013) [Full] Obesity and US mortality risk over the adult life course Am J Epidemiol
Preston, SH (2013) [Full] Modeling obesity histories in cohort analyses of health and mortality Epidemiology
Robertson, HT (2013) [Full] Turning the analysis of obesity-mortality associations upside down: modeling yea… Obesity
Stokes & Mehta (2013) [Full] Mortality and excess risk in US adults with pre-diabetes and diabetes: a compari… Pop Health Metric
Stum & Hattori (2013) [Full] Morbid obesity rates continue to rise rapidly in the United States Int J Obes
The, NS (2013) [Full] Timing and duration of obesity in relation to diabetes Diabetes Care
Afshin, A (2017) [Full] Health effects of overweight and obesity in 195 countries over 25 years NEJM

People with Obesity Views of Weight Management Programs

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Foster, GD (2001) [Full] Obese patients’ perceptions of treatment outcomes and the factors that influence… Arch Intern Med
Garip & Yardley (2011) [Abs] A synthesis of qualitative research on overweight and obese peoples’ views and e… Clin Obes
Dahl, U (2014) [Full] Personnel and participant experiences of a residential weight-loss program. A qu… PLOS ONE
Rand, K (2017) [Full] “It is not the diet; it is the mental part we need help with.” A multilevel anal… Int J Qual Stud Health

Pet Ownership & Obesity

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Stephens, MB (2012) [Full] Health perceptions and levels of attachment: Owners and pets exercising together J Am Board Fam Med
Westgarth, C (2012) [Full] Is childhood obesity influenced by dog ownership? No cross-sectional or longitud… Obes Facts

Physical Activity - Morbidity & Mortality

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Sisson, SB (2010) [Abs] Accelerometer-determined steps/day and metabolic syndrome Am J Prev Med
Wen, CP (2011) [Abs] Minimum amount of physical activity for reduced mortality and extended life expe… Lancet
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Physical Activity Across the Lifespan

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Physical Activity by BMI

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Nielsen & Popkin (2003) [Full] Patterns and trends in food portion sizes, 1977-1998 JAMA
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Position Stands

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Prevalence of Body Dissatisfaction

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Prevalence of Dieting Attempts

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Prevalence of Overweight & Obesity

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Prevalence of Physical Activity

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Van Dyck, D (2015) [Full] International study of objectively measured physical activity and sedentary time… Int J Obes
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Prevalence of Time Spent Sitting

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Prevalence of Weight Loss Success

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Questionnaires

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Garner, D (1982) [Abs] The Eating Attitudes Test - psychometric features and clinical correlates Psychol Med
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Verplanken & Orbell (2003) [Abs] Reflections on past behavior: a self-report index of habit strength J Appl Soc Psychol
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Fulkerson, JA (2008) [Full] The validation of a home food inventory IJBNPA
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Angle, S (2009) [Full] Three factor eating questionnaire-R18 as a measure of cognitive restraint, uncon… IJBNPA
Cappelleri, JC (2009) [Full] Evaluating the Power of Food Scale in obese subjects and a general sample of ind… Int J Obes
Cappelleri, JC (2009) [Fulll] Psychometric analysis of the Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire-R21: results from… Int J Obes
Framson, C (2009) [Full] Development and validation of the Mindful Eating Questionnaire J Am Diet Assoc
Gearhardt, AN (2009) [Abs] Preliminary validation of the Yale Food Addiction Scale Appetite
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Juarascio, A (2011) [Abs] The development and validation of the food craving acceptance and action questio… Eating Behav
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Kiernan, M (2013) [Full] The Standford Leisure-Time Activity Categorical Item (L-Cat): a single categoric… Int J Obes
Pinto, AM (2013) [Full] Development and validation of the Weight Control Strategies Scale Obesity
Tylka & Kroon Van Diest (2013) [Abs] The Intuitive Eating Scale-2: item refinement and psychometric evaluation with c… J Couns Psychol
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Questionnaires - Quality of Life in Obesity

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Mathias, SD (1997) [Abs] Assessing health-related quality-of-life and health state preference in persons … Qual Life Res
Le Pen, C (1998) [Full] “Specific” scale compared with “generic” scale: a double measurement of the qual… J Epidemiol Community Health
Oria, HE (1998) [Abs] Bariatric analysis and reporting outcome system (BAROS) Obes Surg
Butler, GS (1999) [Full] The Obesity Adjustment Survey: development of a scale to assess psychological ad… Int J Obes
Mannucci, E (1999) [Abs] Quality of life and overweight: the obesity related well-being (Orwell 97) quest… Addict Behav
Kolotkin, RL (2001) [Full] Development of a brief measure to assess quality of life in obesity Obes Res
Ryden, A (2001) [Abs] Obesity-related coping and distress and relationship to treatment preference Br J Clin Psychol
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Karlsson, J (2003) [Full] Psychosocial functioning in the obese before and after weight reduction: constru… Int J Obes
Moorehead, MK (2003) [Abs] The validation of the Moorehead-Ardelt Quality of Life Questionnaire II Obes Surg
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Weiner, S (2005) [Abs] The Bariatric Quality of Life index: a measure of well-being in obesity surgery … Obes Surg
Ziegler, O (2005) [Abs] Development and validation of a French obesity-specific quality of life question… Diabetes Metab
Therrien, F (2011) [Full] The laval questionnaire: a new instrument to measure quality of life in morbid o… Health Qual Life Outcomes
Hilbert, A (2014) [Full] Weight bias internalization scale: psychometric properties and population norms PLOS ONE
Tayyem, RM (2014) [Full] Development and validation of a new bariatric-specific health-related quality of… J Postgrad Med
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Self Report - BMI

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Shiely, F (2013) [Full] Height and weight bias: The influence of time PLOS ONE

Self Report - Energy Expenditure

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Lichtman, SW (1992) [Full] Discrepancy between self-reported and actual caloric intake and exercise in obes… NEJM
Wickel & Eisenmann (2006) [Full] Within- and between-individual variability in estimated energy expenditure and h… Eur J Clin Nutr
Pietilainen, KH (2010) [Full] Inaccuracies in food and physical activity diaries of obese subjects: complement… Int J Obes
Dhurandhar, NV (2014) [Full] Energy balance measurement: when something is not better than nothing Int J Obes

Self Report - Energy Intake

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Lichtman, SW (1992) [Full] Discrepancy between self-reported and actual caloric intake and exercise in obes… NEJM
Buhl, KM (1995) [Abs] Unexplained disturbance in body weight regulation: Diagnostic outcome assessed b… J Am Diet Assoc
Heitman & Lissner (1995) [Full] Dietary underreporting by obese individuals-is it specific or non-specific? BMJ
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Braam, LA (1998) [Full] Determinants of obesity-related underreporting of energy intake Am J Epidemiol
Geiselman, PJ (1998) [Abs] Reliability and validity of a macronutrient self-selection paradigm and a food p… Physiol Behav
Macdiarmid & Blundell (1998) [Full] Assessing dietary intake: Who, what and why of under-reporting Nutr Res Rev
Tomoyasu, NJ (1999) [Abs] Misreporting of total energy intake in older men and women J Am Geriatr Soc
Goris, AHC (2000) [Full] Undereating and underrecording of habitual food intake in obese men: selective u… Am J Clin Nutr
Trabulsi & Schoeller (2001) [Full] Evaluation of dietary assessment instruments against doubly labeled water, a bio… AJPEM
Subar, AF (2003) [Full] Using intake biomarkers to evaluate the extent of dietary misreporting in a larg… Am J Epidemiol
Lara, JJ (2004) [Abs] Intentional mis-reporting of food consumption and its relationship with body mas… J Hum Nutr Diet
Winkler, JT (2005) [Abs] The fundamental flaw in obesity research Obes Rev
Wansink & Sobal (2007) [Abs] Mindless Eating: the 200 daily food decisions we overlook Environment & Behavior
Pietilainen, KH (2010) [Full] Inaccuracies in food and physical activity diaries of obese subjects: complement… Int J Obes
Bolhuis, DP (2013) [Full] Consumption with large sip sizes increases food intake and leads to underestimat… PLOS ONE
Emond, JA (2013) [Full] Using doubly labeled water to validate associations between sugar-sweetened beve… Int J Obes
Schoeller, DA (2013) [Full] Self-report-based estimates of energy intake offer an inadequate basis for scien… Am J Clin Nutr
Dhurandhar, NV (2014) [Full] Energy balance measurement: when something is not better than nothing Int J Obes
King, BM (2016) [Full] Adults with obesity underreport high-calorie foods in the home Health Behav Policy Rev

Self Report - Weight

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Rossouw, K (2000) [Full] The accuracy of self-reported weight by overweight and obese women in an outpati… Public Health Nutr

Sitting Sedentary Behavior - Morbidity & Mortality

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Hamilton, MT (2007) [Full] Role of low energy expenditure and sitting in obesity, metabolic syndrome, type … Diabetes
Hamilton, MT (2008) [Full] Too little exercise and too much sitting: Inactivity physiology and the need for… Curr Cardiovasc Risk Rep
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Katzmarzyk, PT (2012) [Full] Sedentary behaviour and life expectancy in the USA: a cause-deleted life table a… BMJ
Tudor-Locke & Schuna (2012) [Full] Steps to preventing Type 2 diabetes: exercise, walk more, or sit less? Front Endocrinol
Chau, JY (2013) [Full] Daily sitting time and all-cause mortality: A meta-analysis PLOS ONE
Pereira & Power (2013) [Full] Sedentary behaviors in mid-adulthood and subsequent body mass index PLOS ONE
Pulsford, RM (2013) [Full] Sitting behavior and obesity: Evidence from the Whitehall II study Am J Prev Med
Saunders, TJ (2013) [Full] Sedentary behaviour, visceral fat accumulation and cardiometabolic risk in adult… PLOS ONE
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Briefel & Johnson (2004) [Abs] Secular trends in dietary intake in the United States Annu Rev Nutr

Steps per Day & Body Composition (Obs)

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Thompson, DL (2004) [Full] Relationship between accumulated walking and body composition in middle-aged wom… Med Sci Sports Exerc
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Tudor-Locke, C (2009) [Full] Accelerometer-determined steps per day in US adults Med Sci Sports Exerc
Bassett, DR (2010) [Full] Pedometer-measured physical activity and health behaviors in the United States Med Sci Sports Exerc
Sisson, SB (2010) [Abs] Accelerometer-determined steps/day and metabolic syndrome Am J Prev Med
Catenacci, VA (2011) [Full] Physical activity patterns using accelerometry in the National Weight Control Re… Obes Rev
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Steps per Day, Minutes of Exercise, and Total Mileage (Obs)

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Sugar Sweetened Beverage (SSB) Consumption in US

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Time Spent in Sedentary Behavior (Obs)

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Matthews, CE (2008) [Full] Amount of time spent in sedentary behaviors in the United States, 2003-2004 Am J Epidemiol
Van Dyck, D (2015) [Full] International study of objectively measured physical activity and sedentary time… Int J Obes

Ultra-Processed Food in US Diet

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Weight Change, Weight Cycling and Mortality

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Weight Trajectories over Time

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What Living with Obesity is Like

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Haga, BM (2020) [Full] Putting life on hold: lived experiences of people with obesity Scan J Caring Sci

What Time of Day are Calories Consumed - History

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