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Bleich SN, Cutler D, Murray CJL, and Adams A (2008). Why is the Developed World Obese? Annual Review of Public Health. 29:273 95.

Bleich SN, Wang YC, Wang Y, Gortmaker SL (2009). Increasing consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages among U.S. adults: 1988-1994 to 1999-2004. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 89(1):372-81.

Bleich SN, Thorpe RJ, Sharif-Harris H, Fesahazion R, LaVeist TA (2009) Social context explains race disparities in obesity among women. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 64(5):465-9.

Bleich SN, Pickett-Blakely O, Cooper LA. (2011). Physician Practice Patterns of Obesity Diagnosis and Weight-Related Counseling. Patient Education and Counseling. 82(1):123-9.

Bleich SN, Simon AE, Cooper LA (2012). Impact of patient-provider race concordance on rates of weight-related counseling in visits by black and white obese individuals. Obesity. 20(3):562-70.

Bleich SN, Bennett WL, Gudzune KA, Cooper LA (2012). Impact of physician body mass index on obesity care and beliefs. Obesity. 20(5):999-1005.

Bleich SN, Herring BJ, Flagg DD, Gary-Webb TL (2012). Reduction in purchases of sugar-sweetened beverages among low income, black adolescents after exposure to caloric information. American Journal of Public Health. 102(2): 329-335.

Bleich SN, Rutkow L (2013). Improving obesity prevention at the local level – emerging opportunities. New England Journal of Medicine. 368:1761-1763.

Bleich SN (2013). Generating better evidence to engage local food outlets in obesity prevention research. Preventive Medicine. 57: 265–267.

Bleich SN, Segal J, Yang Y, Wilson R, Wang Y (2013). Systematic review of community-based childhood obesity prevention studies. Pediatrics. 132 (1): e201 -e210.

Bleich SN, Vine S, Wolfson JA (2013). American adults eligible for the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program consume more sugary beverages than ineligible adults. Preventive Medicine. 57(6):894-9.

Bleich SN, Barry CL, Gary-Webb TL, Herring BJ (2014). Reducing sugar-sweetened beverage consumption by providing caloric information:  How black adolescents alter their purchases and whether the Effects Persist. American Journal of Public Health. 104(12):2417-24.

Bleich SN, Wolfson JA, Jarlenski MP (2014). Calorie changes in chain restaurant menu items:  Implications for obesity and evaluations of menu labeling. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 48(1):70-5.

Bleich SN, Wolfson JA (2015). Trends in SSBs and snack consumption among children by age, body weight and race/ethnicity. Obesity. 23(5):1039-46.

Bleich SN, Bandara S, Bennett WL, Cooper LA, Gudzune KA (2015). U.S. Health Professionals’ Views on Obesity Care, Training, and Self-Efficacy. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 48(4):411–418.

Bleich SN, Wolfson JA, Jarlenski MP, Block JA (2015). Restaurants with calories displayed on menus had lower calorie counts compared to restaurants without such labels. Health Affairs. 34(11):1877-1884.

Bleich SN, Jones-Smith J, Wolfson JA, Zhu X, Story MA (2015). The complex relationship between diet and health. Health Affairs. 34(11):1813-1820.

Bleich SN, Jones-Smith J, Jones H, O’Hara M, Rutkow L (2016). The Voices for Healthy Kids Campaign and US state legislation to prevent childhood obesity. American Journal of Public Health. 106 (3): 436-439.