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Obesity and Severe Obesity Forecasts Through 2030
Background: Previous efforts to forecast future trends in obesity applied linear forecasts assuming that the rise in obesity would continue unabated. However, evidence suggests that obesity prevalence...
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Eric A. Finkelstein,
Olga A. Khavjou,
Hope Thompson,
Justin G. Trogdon,
Liping Pan,
Bettylou Sherry,
William Dietz
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563-570
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Commuting Distance, Cardiorespiratory Fitness, and Metabolic Risk
Background: Limited evidence exists on the metabolic and cardiovascular risk correlates of commuting by vehicle, a habitual form of sedentary behavior. Purpose: To examine the association between comm...
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Christine M. Hoehner,
Carolyn E. Barlow,
Peg Allen,
Mario Schootman
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571-578
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Fast-Food Environments and Family Fast-Food Intake in Nonmetropolitan Areas
Background: Little is known about the influence of in-town fast-food availability on family-level fast-food intake in nonmetropolitan areas. Purpose: The purpose of the current study was to determine ...
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Meghan R. Longacre,
Keith M. Drake,
Todd A. MacKenzie,
Lucinda Gibson,
Peter Owens,
Linda J. Titus,
Michael L. Beach,
Madeline A. Dalton
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579-587
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Medicaid Coverage and Utilization of Covered Tobacco-Cessation Treatments: The Arkansas Experience
Background: Although most Medicaid programs have some coverage for tobacco-cessation treatments, little is known about how well the covered treatments are utilized among Medicaid enrollees. Purpose: T...
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Chenghui Li,
Carolyn M. Dresler
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588-595
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Healthcare Costs Around the Time of Smoking Cessation
Background: The Affordable Care Act mandates that new insurance plans cover smoking-cessation therapy without cost-sharing. Previous cost difference estimates, which show a spike around the time of ce...
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Jason M. Hockenberry,
Susan J. Curry,
Paul A. Fishman,
Timothy B. Baker,
David L. Fraser,
Ron A. Cisler,
Thomas C. Jackson,
Michael C. Fiore
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596-601
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Vaccine Policy and Arkansas Childhood Immunization Exemptions: A Multi-Year Review
Background: An increase in total vaccine exemptions (medical, philosophic, and religious) occurred in Arkansas after a 2003 legislation added a philosophic category and used a new process for vaccine ...
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Haytham Safi,
J. Gary Wheeler,
Gordon R. Reeve,
Eduardo Ochoa,
José R. Romero,
Robert Hopkins,
Kevin W. Ryan,
Richard F. Jacobs
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602-605
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Mental Illness and Use of Screening Mammography Among Medicaid Beneficiaries
Background: Disparities in receipt of preventive services by people with mental illness have been documented previously. However, whether these disparities extend to screening mammography among indivi...
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Siran M. Koroukian,
Paul M. Bakaki,
Negar Golchin,
Carl Tyler,
Sana Loue
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606-609
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Taking Up Cycling After Residential Relocation: Built Environment Factors
Background: To successfully stimulate cycling, it is necessary to understand the factors that facilitate or inhibit cycling. Little is known about how changes in the neighborhood environment are relat...
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Mariëlle A. Beenackers,
Sarah Foster,
Carlijn B.M. Kamphuis,
Sylvia Titze,
Mark Divitini,
Matthew Knuiman,
Frank J. van Lenthe,
Billie Giles-Corti
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610-615
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Park Improvements and Park Activity: A Natural Experiment
Background: Parks are an important setting for leisure-time physical activity. Understanding how to attract residents to parks and encourage park users to be physically active is an important public h...
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Jenny Veitch,
Kylie Ball,
David Crawford,
Gavin R. Abbott,
Jo Salmon
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616-619
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Step Test Performance and Risk of Stress Fractures Among Female Army Trainees
Background: Stress fractures and other musculoskeletal injuries are major sources of morbidity among female military trainees. Several risk factors have been postulated, particularly pre-existing fitn...
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David N. Cowan,
Sheryl A. Bedno,
Nadia Urban,
Dara S. Lee,
David W. Niebuhr
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620-624
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Binge Drinking Intensity: A Comparison of Two Measures
Background: Binge drinking (≥4 drinks for women; ≥5 drinks for men, per occasion) is responsible for more than half of the estimated 80,000 U.S. deaths annually and three-quarters of the $223.5 billio...
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Marissa B. Esser,
Dafna Kanny,
Robert D. Brewer,
Timothy S. Naimi
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625-629
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Role of Video Games in Improving Health-Related Outcomes: A Systematic Review
Context: Video games represent a multibillion-dollar industry in the U.S. Although video gaming has been associated with many negative health consequences, it also may be useful for therapeutic purpos...
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Brian A. Primack,
Mary V. Carroll,
Megan McNamara,
Mary Lou Klem,
Brandy King,
Michael Rich,
Chun W. Chan,
Smita Nayak
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630-638
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A Population Approach to Precision Medicine
Abstract: The term P4 medicine is used to denote an evolving field of medicine that uses systems biology approaches and information technologies to enhance wellness rather than just treat disease. Its...
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Muin J. Khoury,
Marta L. Gwinn,
Russell E. Glasgow,
Barnett S. Kramer
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639-645
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An Evidence Integration Triangle for Aligning Science with Policy and Practice
Abstract: Over-reliance on decontextualized, standardized implementation of efficacy evidence has contributed to slow integration of evidence-based interventions into health policy and practice. This ...
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Russell E. Glasgow,
Lawrence W. Green,
Martina V. Taylor,
Kurt C. Stange
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646-654
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Efficacy of Smoking-Cessation Interventions for Young Adults: A Meta-Analysis
Context: Approximately 22% of U.S. young adults (aged 18–24 years) are smokers. Young adults typically display an interest in quitting, but it is unknown whether the evidence-based cessation programs ...
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Jerry M. Suls,
Tana M. Luger,
Susan J. Curry,
Robin J. Mermelstein,
Amy K. Sporer,
Larry C. An
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655-662
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Newborn Screening in Jamaica: Inaccurate Reference
The current newborn screening program for sickle cell disease in Jamaica started in 1995 and encompasses three main hospitals on the island, which are responsible for ∼43% of births islandwide. Our pa...
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Lesley King,
Raphael Fraser,
Miriam Forbes,
Marlyn Grindley,
Susanna Bortolusso Ali,
Marvin Reid
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e101
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The Jamaican Historical Experience of the Impact of Educational Interventions on Sickle Cell Disease Child Mortality
We welcome the opportunity to provide additional support for the assertion in our paper on sickle cell disease (SCD) in Africa that newborn screening can result in substantially reduced mortality even...
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Scott D. Grosse,
Hani K. Atrash,
Isaac Odame,
Djesika Amendah,
Frédéric B. Piel,
Thomas N. Williams
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e101-e103
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Prevention vs. Treatment: What's the Right Balance?
Two very different books by leaders in the field of preventive medicine have been recently published. In one, Faust and Menzel have edited entries from more than a dozen contributors addressing the ec...
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Linda Hill
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663
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Books Received
The following books were submitted to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine for review. Because these books may be of interest to our readers, a short synopsis is provided for each.
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Charlotte Seidman
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Author Index, Volume 42
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665-667
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