Obesity Prevention and Treatment

Conference Presentations

Thapa, J., and B. Pullekines. Health Care Access by Weight Status before and after the Affordable Care Act. Chinese Economics Society North American Conference, Athens, GA, April 6, 2018 (oral)

Khan, A. D. Zhang, J. Thapa. Ischemic Stroke Mortality, State Obesity Prevalence, and Implications on Policy. Chinese Economics Society North American Conference, Athens, GA, April 6, 2018 (oral)

Thapa, J., D. Zhang, and S.R. Chung, Trends in Obesity Diagnosis and Treatment. Obesity Week 2018, Nashville, TN, November 11-15, 2018 (oral)

Matthew, S., and J. Thapa. Challenges and Opportunities in Healthcare Delivery Practices in Treatment of Patients with Obesity- A Systematic Review. ASHEcon Sixth Biennial Conference, New Frontiers in Health Policy and Health Care, Philadelphia, PA. June 12-15, 2016 (oral)

Chung, S., Thapa, J., Hall, D., Xu, J., Zhan, D. Racial Disparities in Counseling Utilization Among Pediatric Patients with Obesity. Obesity Week Society Conference, 2023 (oral)

Peer Reviewed Publications

Thapa, J., S. Chung, ZH. Hu, D. Hall, and B. Tiwari. 2022. Utilization of counselling services by pediatric patients with obesity using MarketScan data (2017-2019), Childhood obesity. https://doi.org/10.1089/chi.2022.0158

Thapa, J., S.R. Chung, J. Ingels, K. Thapa, C. Zhuo, and D. Zhang. Inpatient Obesity Diagnosis, use of Surgical Treatment, and Associated Costs Analysis of the National Inpatient Sample from 2011-2014. Clinical Obesity, 05 July 2020, https://doi.org/10.1111/cob.12385

Thapa J., D. Zhang, K. McLeod, and K. Thapa. 2020. Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Insurance Coverage Rate among Low-Income Adult Population with Obesity. Obesity Journal. doi:10.1002/oby.22793

Thapa J., D. Zhang, H. Padilla, and S.R. Chung. 2019. Opioid-related hospitalizations, its association with chronic diseases. Preventing Chronic Diseases; 16:190169. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd16.190169external icon.

Pullekines, E. B., and J. Thapa. 2019. Health Care Access by Weight Status in the State of Georgia. Journal of Georgia Public Health Association. Vol. 7: No. 2, Article 5. https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/jgpha/vol7/iss2/5/

Nguyen, T., J. Thapa, D. Zhang, and E. B. Pullekines. 2017. The Association Between Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Weight Status Among Adults in Georgia, Journal of Georgia Public Health Association, Volume 7, No. 1, 12-18. https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/jgpha/vol7/iss1/3/

Tiwari, B. J. Thapa, R. Nayga, and J. Sevilla. Perceived Scarcity Induces Lower Satiation and Higher Consumption: from a Randomized Controlled Experiment with College Students. (revise and resubmit with Nutrition Today (open access).

Thapa, J., S. Chung, ZH. Hu, D. Hall, and B. Tiwari. 2022. Utilization of counselling services by pediatric patients with obesity using MarketScan data (2017-2019), Childhood obesity. https://doi.org/10.1089/chi.2022.0158

Ghimire, R., S. Ferreira, G. Green, N. Poudyal, H.K. Cordell, and J. Thapa. 2017. Green Space and Adult Obesity in the United States, Ecological Economics. Volume 136, June 2017, Pages 201-212. 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.02.002

Barent N. M., C. Lyford, N. Hensarling, A. McCool, B.C. Pence, J. Thapa, E. Belasco, and T. Carter. 2013. Reducing Cancer Risk in Rural Communities through Community- Based Education. Journal of Cancer Education. 28:597-600. 10.1007/s13187-013-0478-9

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