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ARTICLES
Feasibility of a Primary Care Intervention to Decrease Oral Antibiotics for Acute Upper Respiratory Tract Infections: A Pilot Study
Meera Kelley, MD; Mark W. Massing, MD, PhD; Joshua Yount, BS; Anne Rogers, RN, BSN; Renee Taylor, MPH and Robert Weiser, BA
Public Health News Frames in North Carolina Newspaper Coverage of the 100% Tobacco-Free Schools Campaign? Sometimes
Suzanne DePalma Morrison, MPH; Sonya F. Sutton, MA and Felicia E. Mebane, PhD
Skin Problems Related to the Occupation of Commercial Fishing in North Carolina
William A. Burke, MD; David C. Griffith, PhD; Christopher M. Scott, MD and Eric R.Howell, MD
POLICY FORUM
Confronting the Problems of Overweight and Obesity
Introduction
Gordon H. DeFriese, PhD
Issue Briefs: The Epidemic of Overweight and Obesity: A Challenge to Medicine, Public Health and Public Policy
Don W. Bradley, MD, MHS-CL
COMMENTARIES
Defining the Problems of Overweight and Obesity
Overweight and Obesity: A Clinician's Perspective
Donald D. Hensrud, MD, MPH
The Public Health Challenge of Obesity in North Carolina
Leah Devlin, DDS, MPH and Marcus Plescia, MD, MPH
Sidebar: Integrating A Focus on Overweight and Obesity in Clinical Practice: Practical Suggestions
Suzanne Lazorick, MD, MPH
The Clinical Nutritional Implications of Obesity and Overweight
Kathryn M. Kolasa, PhD, RD, LDN; Kay Craven, RD, LDN; Sarah Henes, MA,RD, LDN and Catherine Sullivan, MPH, RD, LDN, IBCLC, RLC
Addressing the Problems of Overweight and Obesity
Tipping the Scales of Prevention Advocacy with $10,000 and a Notebook
Jennifer Hastings, MS, MPH; Meg van Staveren, MPH, RD; Rachel Biloff; Julie Knaack, RD and Meg Molloy, DrPH, MPH, RD
Sidebar: The Active Living by Design Program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Sarah Strunk, MHA
Coordinating School Efforts to Help Address the Obesity Epidemic in North Carolina
Paula Hudson Collins, MHDL, RHEd
Yes, Virginia, Bariatric Surgery Works...and It is Safe
Walter J. Pories, MD, FACS
Addressing Disparities in the Obesity Epidemic
Alice Ammerman, DrPH, RD; May May Leung, MS, RD and David Cavallo, BA
Private Sector Responses to Overweight and Obesity
Empowering Consumers and Employees to Lead Active, Healthy Lifestyles
Steven S. Reinemund
Obesity in (Corporate) America: Large Employer Concerns and Strategies of Response
LuAnn Heinen, MPP
Why Does the Private Sector Underinvest in Obesity Prevention and Treatment?
Eric A. Finkelstein, PhD and Derek S. Brown, PhD
The Payer Perspective: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina's Approach to the Obesity Epidemic
Robert T. Harris, MD
SPECIAL ARTICLE
The Kate B.Reynolds "Smoking Education Lifestyle Fitness" (SELF) Improvement Program: Preventing and Reducing Chronic Disease in Low-Income North Carolina Communities
Margaret L.Sauer, MS, MHA; John H.Frank, MBA; J.Lloyd Michener, MD; Susan D.Yaggy, MPA and Truls Ostbye, MD, PhD
DEPARTMENTS
Tarheels Footprints in Healthcare
Private Philanthropy Program Profiles
Running the Numbers
Readers' Forum
Classified Advertising
Index of Advertisers
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