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Future cardiovascular disease in china: markov model and risk factor scenario projections from the coronary heart disease policy model-chinaAndrew Moran
Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 3:243-52. 2010..The relative effects of individual and combined risk factor trends on future cardiovascular disease in China have not been quantified in detail...
Derivation of background mortality by smoking and obesity in cancer simulation modelsY Claire Wang
Department of Health Policy and Management, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY 10032, USA
Med Decis Making 33:176-97. 2013..However, this can lead to bias because common risk factors such as smoking and obesity also predispose individuals for deaths from other causes such as cardiovascular disease...
Cost-effectiveness of secondary screening modalities for hypertensionY Claire Wang
Department of Health Policy and Management, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, Stony Brook University, New York, NY, USA
Blood Press Monit 18:1-7. 2013..The incorporation of other diagnostic modalities, such as home blood pressure monitoring (HBPM) and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM), holds promise to improve diagnostic accuracy and subsequent treatment decisions...
Reaching the healthy people goals for reducing childhood obesity: closing the energy gapY Claire Wang
Department of Health Policy and Management, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, New York, New York 10032, USA
Am J Prev Med 42:437-44. 2012..However, population-level estimates of the changes in daily energy balance needed to reach these goals are lacking...
A penny-per-ounce tax on sugar-sweetened beverages would cut health and cost burdens of diabetesY Claire Wang
Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York City, NY, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 31:199-207. 2012..In addition to generating approximately $13 billion in annual tax revenue, a modest tax on sugar-sweetened beverages could reduce the adverse health and cost burdens of obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases...
Impact of change in sweetened caloric beverage consumption on energy intake among children and adolescentsY Claire Wang
Department of Health Policy and Management, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, 600 W 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 163:336-43. 2009..To estimate the net caloric impact from replacing sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) with alternatives in children and adolescents in naturalistic settings...
Increasing caloric contribution from sugar-sweetened beverages and 100% fruit juices among US children and adolescents, 1988-2004Y Claire Wang
Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management, 600 West 168th St, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10032, USA
Pediatrics 121:e1604-14. 2008..We sought to document increases in caloric contributions from sugar-sweetened beverages and 100% fruit juice among US youth during 1988-2004...
Health and economic burden of the projected obesity trends in the USA and the UKY Claire Wang
Department of Health Policy and Management, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
Lancet 378:815-25. 2011..Hence, effective policies to promote healthier weight also have economic benefits...
Forecasting the obesity epidemic in the aging U.S. populationY Claire Wang
Department of Health Policy and Management, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, 600 W 168th Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10032, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 15:2855-65. 2007..The objective was to forecast BMI distribution in the U.S. population along with demographic changes based on past race-, sex-, and birth cohort-specific secular trends...
Increasing consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages among US adults: 1988-1994 to 1999-2004Sara N Bleich
Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 89:372-81. 2009..Consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) has been linked to obesity and type 2 diabetes...
Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of blood pressure screening in adolescents in the United StatesY Claire Wang
Department of Health Policy and Management, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA
J Pediatr 158:257-64.e1-7. 2011....
Consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages among adults with type 2 diabetesSara N Bleich
Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Diabetes Care 34:551-5. 2011..To examine patterns of sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption among U.S. adults with type 2 diabetes in 2003-2006...
Estimating the energy gap among US children: a counterfactual approachY Claire Wang
Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, 718 Huntington Ave, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Pediatrics 118:e1721-33. 2006..Our goal was to quantify the magnitude of energy imbalance responsible for the increase in body weight among US children during the periods 1988-1994 and 1999-2002...
Disparities in youth physical activity in the United States: 2003-2006Steven L Gortmaker
Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 44:888-93. 2012..This study aimed to examine changes in physical activity among children and adolescents, by race/ethnicity, in the United States from 2003-2004 to 2005-2006...
