Overweight in adolescents: Implications for health expenditures

Prevalence and Trends in Overweight Among US Children and Adolescents, 1999-2000

Cynthia L. Ogden · JAMA · 2002 · 4.1K citations

Public Health, Child Health, Pediatrics +15

National Medical Spending Attributable To Overweight And Obesity: How Much, And Who's Paying?

Eric Finkelstein, Ian C. Fiebelkorn, Guijing Wang · Health Affairs · 2003 · 1.1K citations

Public Affairs, Economics, Health Policy +14

The Effects Of Obesity, Smoking, And Drinking On Medical Problems And Costs

Roland Sturm · Health Affairs · 2002 · 991 citations

Public Health, Health Policy, Pharmacoeconomics +11

A Prospective Study of the Role of Depression in the Development and Persistence of Adolescent Obesity

Elizabeth Goodman, Robert C. Whitaker · PEDIATRICS · 2002 · 966 citations

Public Health, Human Development, Psychiatry +17

Beyond BMI: The value of more accurate measures of fatness and obesity in social science research

Richard V. Burkhauser, John Cawley · Journal of Health Economics · 2007 · 861 citations

Public Health, Health Sciences, Epidemiology +12