Ecology of Obesity, Vol. 33, No. 3, December 2005. Reports from a Human Ecology conference on obesity shapes plan for making the epidemic a problem of the past. Modification of home, workplace, school, and community environments could improve our health choices. The economics of obesity is studied, including its costs, causes, and controls. Researchers view obesity from a life course perspective. Strategies formed for reducing youthful obesity. Also: obesity shows socioeconomic and ethnic disparities, Cornell website aids community practitioners.