Long-Term Morbidity and Mortality of Overweight Adolescents

Aviva Must; Paul F. Jacques; Gerard E. Dallal; Carl Jay Bajema; William H. Dietz

doi:10.1056/nejm199211053271904

Abstract

Overweight in adolescence predicted a broad range of adverse health effects that were independent of adult weight after 55 years of follow-up.

Keywords

OverweightMedicineBody mass indexObesityRelative riskNational Health and Nutrition Examination SurveyConfidence intervalDemographyNational Death IndexMortality ratePediatricsGerontologyInternal medicinePopulationHazard ratioEnvironmental health

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Year: 1992
Type: article
Volume: 327
Issue: 19
Pages: 1350-1355
Citations: 2245
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                                    Aviva Must, 
                                
                                    Paul F. Jacques, 
                                
                                    Gerard E. Dallal
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1992). 
                            Long-Term Morbidity and Mortality of Overweight Adolescents. 
                            New England Journal of Medicine
                            , 327
                            (19)
                            , 1350-1355.
                            https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199211053271904
                        

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DOI: 10.1056/nejm199211053271904