Clinicians & Providers

• A Resident-led Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve Obesity Screening
• Obesity, Pharmacological & Surgical Treatment
• Race, Place, and Obesity: the Complex Relationships among Community Racial/Ethnic Composition, Individual Race/Ethnicity, and Obesity in the United States
• The Role of the Geographic Information Systems Infrastructure in Childhood Obesity Prevention: Perspective from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Hospital & Health System Resources

• The Role of the Geographic Information Systems Infrastructure in Childhood Obesity Prevention: Perspective from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Policymaker Resources

• Race, Place, and Obesity: the Complex Relationships among Community Racial/Ethnic Composition, Individual Race/Ethnicity, and Obesity in the United States
• The Role of the Geographic Information Systems Infrastructure in Childhood Obesity Prevention: Perspective from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Fact Sheets

September 1 2012 20120901

AHRQ-Supported Research and Recent Findings

Other Research & Data

• A Resident-led Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve Obesity Screening
• Iowa Medicaid Enterprise
• Lakeland Regional Medical Center
• Race, Place, and Obesity: the Complex Relationships among Community Racial/Ethnic Composition, Individual Race/Ethnicity, and Obesity in the United States
• The American College of Physicians
• The Role of the Geographic Information Systems Infrastructure in Childhood Obesity Prevention: Perspective from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Press Releases

April 13 2010 20100413

Annual Quality and Disparities Reports Include Data on Rates of Health Care-Associated Infections, Obesity and Health Insurance

News & Numbers

March 20 2012 20120320

Six in 10 Obese Adults Have Joint Pain

Other News & Events

• AHRQ Stats: AHRQ publishes statistics on hospital stays among obese adults and children and hospital stays for hip and knee replacement
• Annual quality and disparities reports include data on health care-associated infections, obesity, and health insurance
• Bariatric surgery before pregnancy reduces the risk of gestational diabetes in obese women
• Bariatric surgery is not linked to lower costs among individuals with diabetes
• Body fat distribution in obese trauma patients is not linked to increased inflammation, infections, or mortality
• Genetic risk for obesity in children boosts risk for obesity in adulthood
• Health care costs of obesity are passed off to obese workers
• Increasing body mass index lowers quality of life in obese individuals
• Living in Hispanic or black communities increases risk for obesity
• Medical residents can use quality improvement methods to promote obesity screening
• Obese patients with hypertension and diabetes have a greater risk of dying after noncardiac surgery
• Obesity among South Carolina children differs by age, gender, and race
• Obesity rates are higher among sexually abused and lesbian women
• Overweight or obese patients have higher health care expenditures
• Parental reports more accurate than electronic health records in documenting child diet and exercise counseling
• Parents are satisfied with telemedicine care for their child's obesity
• Poverty, race, and gender are all factors in the epidemic of severely obese children
• Research Briefs
• Six in 10 obese adults have joint pain
• Task force recommends screening children and adolescents for obesity