The obesity epidemic: lessons from the war on smoking
Majid, N.
Missouri Medicine 102(6): 550-554
2005
ISSN/ISBN: 0026-6620 PMID: 16355641 Document Number: 584611
Obesity is no longer a personal disease; it is a new global disease and public health phenomenon. Since the 1980s, obesity in the U.S. has taken on epidemic dimensions. This paper will review the epidemiology, mortality, and cost of obesity in the U.S. and Missouri. It will examine the national experience in the war on smoking and point out the similarities with our new struggle against obesity. Finally, it concludes with recommendations.