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Steven L. Gortmaker

Steven L. Gortmaker

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Citations
70613
World Ranking
6101
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Overview

Steven L. Gortmaker is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research activity primarily spans the fields of medicine and health professions. Within these broad domains, they have contributed extensively to subfields such as public health, environmental and occupational health, general health professions, pharmacy, health toxicology and mutagenesis, and physiology.

The scientist's work centers on several main topics, including obesity, physical activity, and diet. They have also focused on obesity and health practices, food security and health in diverse populations, nutritional studies and diet, consumer attitudes and food labeling, urban transport and accessibility, and health systems, economic evaluations, and quality of life.

Among the frequent publication venues where Steven L. Gortmaker's work appears are the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Obesity, Current Developments in Nutrition, PEDIATRICS, and Childhood Obesity.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Steven L. Gortmaker include the following:

  • Association of body mass index with health care expenditures in the United States by age and sex, 2021, PLoS ONE
  • Impact Of The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act On Obesity Trends, 2020, Health Affairs
  • Excess mortality associated with elevated body weight in the USA by state and demographic subgroup: A modelling study, 2022, EClinicalMedicine
  • Changes in the calorie and nutrient content of purchased fast food meals after calorie menu labeling: A natural experiment, 2021, PLoS Medicine
  • Comparing Online and In-Store Grocery Purchases, 2021, Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Frequent collaborators in their work include Zachary J. Ward, Erica L. Kenney, Eric B. Rimm, Jessica L. Barrett, and Sara N. Bleich. These coauthors have worked with Steven L. Gortmaker on multiple occasions, indicating ongoing collaborative research relationships.

Best Publications

  • The global obesity pandemic: shaped by global drivers and local environments

    Boyd A Swinburn;Gary Sacks;Kevin D Hall;Klim McPherson

  • Relation between consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks and childhood obesity: a prospective, observational analysis

    David S Ludwig;Karen E Peterson;Steven L Gortmaker

  • Health and economic burden of the projected obesity trends in the USA and the UK

    Y Claire Wang;Klim McPherson;Tim Marsh;Steven L Gortmaker

  • Social and Economic Consequences of Overweight in Adolescence and Young Adulthood

    Steven L. Gortmaker;Aviva Must;James Marc Perrin;Arthur Martin Sobol

  • Do We Fatten Our Children at the Television Set? Obesity and Television Viewing in Children and Adolescents

    William H. Dietz;Steven L. Gortmaker

  • Reducing obesity via a school-based interdisciplinary intervention among youth: Planet Health

    Steven L. Gortmaker;Karen Peterson;Jean Wiecha;Arthur M. Sobol

  • TELEVISION VIEWING AS A CAUSE OF INCREASING OBESITY AMONG CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES, 1986-1990

    Steven L. Gortmaker;Aviva Must;Arthur M. Sobol;Karen Peterson

  • Effects of Fast-Food Consumption on Energy Intake and Diet Quality Among Children in a National Household Survey

    Shanthy A. Bowman;Steven L. Gortmaker;Cara B. Ebbeling;Mark A. Pereira

  • Projected U.S. State-Level Prevalence of Adult Obesity and Severe Obesity

    Zachary J. Ward;Sara N. Bleich;Angie L. Cradock;Jessica L. Barrett

  • Changing the future of obesity: Science, policy, and action

    Steven L. Gortmaker;Boyd A. Swinburn;David Levy;Rob Carter

  • Quantification of the effect of energy imbalance on bodyweight

    Kevin D Hall;Gary Sacks;Dhruva Chandramohan;Carson C Chow

  • Child and adolescent obesity: part of a bigger picture

    Tim Lobstein;Rachel Jackson-Leach;Marjory L Moodie;Kevin D Hall

  • Increasing pediatric obesity in the United States.

    Steven L. Gortmaker;William H. Dietz;Arthur M. Sobol;Cheryl A. Wehler

  • Preventing obesity in children and adolescents.

    William H. Dietz;Steven L. Gortmaker

  • Measuring Sexual Relationship Power in HIV/STD Research

    Julie Pulerwitz;Steven L. Gortmaker;William DeJong

  • Increasing Caloric Contribution From Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and 100% Fruit Juices Among US Children and Adolescents, 1988–2004

    Y. Claire Wang;Sara N. Bleich;Steven L. Gortmaker

  • A Randomized Trial of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Adolescent Body Weight

    Cara B. Ebbeling;Henry A. Feldman;Virginia R. Chomitz;Tracy A. Antonelli

  • Dynamics of Obesity and Chronic Health Conditions Among Children and Youth

    Jeanne Van Cleave;Steven L. Gortmaker;James Marc Perrin

  • The Role of Parents in Preventing Childhood Obesity

    Ana C. Lindsay;Katarina M. Sussner;Juhee Kim;Steven Lawrence Gortmaker

  • Reducing Obesity via a School-Based Interdisciplinary Intervention Among Youth

    Steven L. Gortmaker;Karen Peterson;Jean Wiecha;Arthur M. Sobol

Frequent Co-Authors

Elsie M. Taveras
Elsie M. Taveras Harvard University
Karen E. Peterson
Karen E. Peterson University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
James M. Perrin
James M. Perrin Harvard University
William H. Dietz
William H. Dietz George Washington University
Boyd Swinburn
Boyd Swinburn University of Auckland
David S. Ludwig
David S. Ludwig Boston Children's Hospital
Matthew W. Gillman
Matthew W. Gillman National Institutes of Health
Graham A. Colditz
Graham A. Colditz Washington University in St. Louis
Kirsten K. Davison
Kirsten K. Davison Boston College
Ichiro Kawachi
Ichiro Kawachi Harvard University

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