The effect of obesity on health outcomes

Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in the United States, 1999-2004

Cynthia L. Ogden, Margaret D. Carroll, Lester R. Curtin et al. · JAMA · 2006 · 8.7K citations

Overweight, Obesity, and Mortality from Cancer in a Prospectively Studied Cohort of U.S. Adults

Eugenia E. Calle, Carmen Rodríguez, Kimberly A Walker-Thurmond et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2003 · 7.7K citations · Full text

Global Burden of Diabetes, 1995–2025: Prevalence, numerical estimates, and projections

Hilary King, Ronald E. Aubert, William H. Herman · Diabetes Care · 1998 · 6.3K citations

Effects of Bariatric Surgery on Mortality in Swedish Obese Subjects

Lars Sjöström, Kristina Narbro, C. David Sjöström et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2007 · 4.6K citations · Full text

Economic Costs of Diabetes in the U.S. in 2002

Paul Hogan, Plamen Nikolov · Diabetes Care · 2003 · 4.2K citations