Resources

American Journal of Public Health Editor’s Choice article, Systems Science: A Tool for Understanding Obesity by Regina Bures and Patricia Mabry (2014).

Swinburn BA, Sacks G, Hall KD, McPherson K, Finegood DT, Moodie M, Gortmaker S. The global obesity pandemic: shaped by global drivers and local environments. The Lancet. 2011;378(9793):804-814 http://flygxe.ua.edu/labmeeting_papers/paper%202-8.pdf

Nancy Kreiger on proximate and distal: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2376874/

T. Kelly, W. Yang, C-S. Chen, K. Reynolds, and J. He, “Global Burden of Obesity in 2005 and Projections for 2030,” International Journal of Obesity 32: 1431–37

Gostin LO, Friedman EA, Gebauer T, Grover A, Hassim A, Ooms G, Siem H, Sridhar D, Waris A. A framework convention on obesity control? Lancet. 2011;378(9809):2068-9. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61895-3

Joint Action and Learning Initiative on National and Global Responsibilities for Health (JALI) http://www.jalihealth.org/index.php

Sterman, J.D. (2006). Learning from Evidence in a Complex World. American Journal of Public Health, 96(3): 505-514.

Paul P. Maglio, PhD, Martin-J. Sepulveda, MD FACP, and Patricia L. Mabry, PhD (2014). Mainstreaming Modeling and Simulation Is Essential forto Accelerate Public Health Innovation. American Journal of Public Health.

Mekonnen TA, Odden MC, Coxson PG, Guzman D, Lightwood J, Wang YC, Bibbins-Domingo K. (2013).  Health Benefits of Reducing Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake in High Risk Populations of California: Results from the Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Policy Model.  PLoS One, 8(12): e81723. http://www.plosone.org/article/fetchObject.action?uri=info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0081723&representation=PDF