Obesity Institute Publications

The following publication list is representative of Geisinger’s Obesity Institute Publications; it is not exhaustive.

• Avidor Y, Still C, Brunner M, Buchwald JN, Buchwald H. Primary care and subspecialty management of morbid obesity: referral patterns for bariatric surgery. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 2007; 3: 392-407.
• Bailey RL, Mitchell DC, Miller CK, Still C, Jensen GL, Tucker KL, Smiciklas-Wright HA. Dietary screening questionnaire identifies food patterns in older adults. Journal of Nutrition. 2007; 137: 421-426.
• Benotti P, Wood C, Still C, Petrick A, Strodel W. Obesity disease burden and surgical risk. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 2006; 2(6): 600-606.
• Dunkle-Blatter SE, St Jean MR, Whitehead C, et al. Outcomes among elderly bariatric patients at a high volume center. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 2007; 3: 163-170.
• Jensen GL, Sliver HJ, Roy MA, Callahan E, Still C, Dupont W. Obesity is a risk factor for reporting homebound status among community dwelling older persons. Obesity. 2006; 14: 509-517.
• Potteiger C, Inverso N, Still C, Reed MJ, Strodel W, Rogers M, Petrick A. Bariatric surgery: shedding the monetary weight of prescription costs in the managed care arena. Obesity Surgery. 2004; 14(6): 725-730.
• Still C, Benotti P, Wood GC, Gerhard GS, Petrick A, Reed MJ, Strodel W. Outcomes of preoperative weight loss in high-risk patients undergoing gastric bypass surgery. Archives of Surgery. 2007; 142 (10): 994-999.
• • Still C. Beyond diet and exercise. Healthy Aging. 2005; 1(4):61-64.
• Still C. Management of morbid obesity: before and after surgery: the team approach to management. Journal of Family Practice. 2005; 54 (3 suppl): S18-S26.
• Wang AH, Still C. Old world meets modern: a case report of scurvy. Nutrition in Clinical Practice. 2007; 4: 445-448.
• Xin C, Erdman R, Susek M, et al. Association of morbid obesity with FTO and INSIG 2 allelic variants. Archives of Surgery. 2008; 143 (3): 235-240.

Invited Chapter/Books

• Still C. Adult Obesity. BC Decker, Inc. Publishing-2007.
• Still C, Jensen G. Overview of obesity and methods of weight management. In: Rakel RE, ed. Conn’s Current Therapy. Philadelphia: WB Saunders; 2007.