Heavy Drinking, Alcohol Use Disorder, and Obesity

Bryant Shuey; Timothy S Anderson; James Franklin Wharam; Jane M Liebschutz; Jing Luo; Katie J Suda; Eden Y Bernstein

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2026.0428

Heavy Drinking, Alcohol Use Disorder, and Obesity

JAMA Intern Med. 2026 Jun 1;186(6):781-784. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2026.0428.

Authors

Bryant Shuey^{1

2}, Timothy S Anderson^{1

2

3

4}, James Franklin Wharam⁵, Jane M Liebschutz¹, Jing Luo^{1

2}, Katie J Suda^{1

2

4}, Eden Y Bernstein⁶

Affiliations

¹ Center for Research on Healthcare, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
² Center for Pharmaceutical Policy and Prescribing, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
³ Associate Editor, JAMA Internal Medicine.
⁴ Center for Healthcare Evaluation, Research, and Promotion, Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Duke University and Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, Durham, North Carolina.
⁶ Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora.

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This cross-sectional study examines the prevalence of co-occurring alcohol use and obesity conditions among US adults by sex, age, race and ethnicity, and other factors.

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