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International Journal of Epidemiology 2001;30:1136-1137
© International Epidemiological Association 2001

Social Epidemiology

Commentary: Globalization and the epidemiology of obesity

Jeffery Sobal

Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Martha Van Rensselaer Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-4401, USA.

The biomedical roots of epidemiology lead most epidemiologists to examine individuals as units of analysis, typically in one population and one place, and to interpret their findings using physiological explanations. However, comparative epidemiology is increasingly contrasting the prevalence and patterns of various conditions in different places, and social epidemiology is employing social science interpretations of research findings.

Like many other fields, epidemiologists are paying close attention to the rise in the prevalence of obesity in all parts of the world in what has been labelled the ‘obesity epidemic’.1,2 Much epidemiological research has examined high levels of adult obesity, and now more . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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