Abstract
The increases in the prevalences of obesity and overweight previously observed continued in 1999-2000. The potential health benefits from reduction in overweight and obesity are of considerable public health importance.
Keywords
OverweightMedicineObesityNational Health and Nutrition Examination SurveyBody mass indexDemographyPopulationEthnic groupGerontologyEnvironmental healthInternal medicine
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- 288
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- 14
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- 1723-1723
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- 6202
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Katherine M. Flegal
(2002).
Prevalence and Trends in Obesity Among US Adults, 1999-2000.
JAMA
, 288
(14)
, 1723-1723.
https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.288.14.1723
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- DOI
- 10.1001/jama.288.14.1723