2024
United States Long-Term Trends in Adult BMI (1959–2018): Unraveling the Roots of the Obesity Epidemic
Banas J, Cook A, Raygoza-Cortez K, Davila D, Irwin M, Ferrucci L, Humphries D. United States Long-Term Trends in Adult BMI (1959–2018): Unraveling the Roots of the Obesity Epidemic. International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health 2024, 21: 73. PMID: 38248537, PMCID: PMC10815706, DOI: 10.3390/ijerph21010073.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNational Health Examination SurveyExamination SurveyObesity epidemicBody mass index (BMI) trendsOngoing obesity epidemicCritical public health challengeNutrition Examination SurveyHealth Examination SurveyRates of obesityPublic health challengePopulation-level interventionsBMI growth rateEffective population-level interventionsRace/ethnicityAverage BMIAdult BMINational HealthBMI trendsHigh school educationWhite adultsAge groupsBlack adultsHealth challengesBMIRacial disparities
2020
Association of relative dose intensity with BMI and pathologic complete response in patients treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer
Usiskin I, Li F, Irwin ML, Cartmel B, Sanft T. Association of relative dose intensity with BMI and pathologic complete response in patients treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research And Treatment 2020, 186: 191-197. PMID: 33125620, DOI: 10.1007/s10549-020-05994-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRelative dose intensityPathologic complete responseNeoadjuvant chemotherapyBreast cancerDose reductionDose intensityComplete responseLower BMIHigh relative dose intensityDose delaysTreatment tolerabilityPatient adherenceTreatment delayTumor characteristicsCancer HospitalChemotherapy dosesHigher BMIRetrospective studyResultsOur cohortMedical recordsPurposePrevious workChi-square analysisBMICommon reasonAverage age