1. Introduction / John Cawley -- Pt. I. Disciplinary perspectives on obesity. 2. The epidemiology of obesity / Aviva Must and E. Whitney Evans -- 3. The demography of obesity / Christine L. Himes -- 4. The cliometrics of BMI and obestiy / Scott Alan Carson -- 5. The anthropology of obesity / Amanda L. Thompson and Penny Gordon-Larsen -- 6. The psychology of obesity / Ashley Moskovich, Jeffrey Hunger, and Traci Mann -- 7. The sociology of obesity / Jeffery sobal -- 8. The economics of obesity / John Cawley -- 9. Behavioral economics and obesity / Julie S. Downs and George Loewenstein -- 10. Obesity politics and policy / Rogan Kersh and James Morone -- 11. Fat studies / Esther D. Rothblum -- Pt. II. Data and methods. 12. Publicly available data useful for social science research on obesity / Inas Rashad Kelly -- 13. The complex systems science of obesity / Diane T. Finegood -- 14. Challenges for causal inference in obesity research / M. Christopher Auld and Paul Grootendorst -- Pt. III. The causes and correlates of diet, physical activity, and obesity. 15. Race, ethnicity and obesity / Renee E. Walker and Ichiro Kawachi -- 16. Socioeconomic status and obesity / Lindsay McLaren -- 17. The nutrition transition and obesity / Barry M. Popkin -- 18. Peer effects and obesity / Jason M. Fletcher -- 19. Maternal employment / Patricia M. Anderson -- 20. Depression and obesity / Ellen Granberg -- 21. Food marketing, television, and video games / Elizabeth A. Vandewater and Ellen A. Wartella -- 22. Portion size and the obesity epidemic / Tanja V.E. Kral and Barbara J. Rolls -- 23. Mindless eating: environmental contributors to obesity / Brian Wansink -- 24. Food assistance and obesity / Michele Ver Ploeg -- 25. Physical activity and the built environment / James F. Sallis, marc A. Adams, and Ding Ding -- 26. Food deserts / Dianna Smith and Steven Cummins -- 27. Food prices, income and body weight / Darius Lakdawalla and Yuhui Zheng -- 28. Agricultural policy and childhood obesity / John Cawley and Barrett Kirwan -- Pt. IV. The consequences of obesity. 29. Obesity and medical costs / Eric Finkelstein and Hae Kyung Yang -- 30. Obesity and mortality / Neil K. Mehta and Virginia W. Chang -- 31. Schooling and human capital / Khoa Truong and Roland Sturm -- 32. Labor market consequences: employment, wages, disability, and absenteeism / Susan L. Averett -- 33. Bias, stigma, and discrimination / Rebecca M. Puhl -- 34. Medical and social scientific debates over body weight / Abigail C. Saguy and Paul Campos -- Pt. 5. Social science insights into prevention, treatment, and policy. 35. The imperative of changing public policy to address obesity / Christina A. Roberto and Kelly D. Brownell -- 36. Economic perspectives on obesity policy / Tomas J. Philipson and Richard A. Posner -- 37. Lessons for obesity policy from the tobacco wars / Frank J. Chaloupka -- 38. Food taxes and subsidies: evidence and policies for obestiy prevention / Lisa M. Powell and Jamie F. Chriqui -- 39. School-based interventions / Tamara Brown -- 40. Workplace obesity prevention programs / Ron Z. Goetzel ... [et al.] -- 41. Community interventions / Christina D. Economos and Sarah A. Sliwa -- 42. Regulation of food advertising / Pauline M. Ippolito -- 43. Unintended consequences of obesity prevention messages / Sahara Byrne and Jeff Niederdeppe -- 44. Behavioral treatment of obesity / LaShanda R. Jones-Corneille, Rebecca M. Stack, and Thomas A. Wadden -- 45. Anti-obesity drugs and bariatric surgery / William encinosa, Dongyi (Tony) Du, and Didem Bernard -- 46. Correlates of successful maintenance of weight loss / Victoria A. Catenacci ... [et al.] -- 47. Cost-effectiveness of anti-obesity interventions / Larissa Roux.
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