Abstract
In 2007-2008, the prevalence of obesity was 32.2% among adult men and 35.5% among adult women. The increases in the prevalence of obesity previously observed do not appear to be continuing at the same rate over the past 10 years, particularly for women and possibly for men.
Keywords
MedicineOverweightObesityNational Health and Nutrition Examination SurveyBody mass indexConfidence intervalDemographyOdds ratioPopulationGerontologyInternal medicineEnvironmental health
MeSH Terms
AdultAgedBody Mass IndexFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNutrition SurveysObesityOverweightPrevalenceUnited StatesYoung Adult
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Katherine M. Flegal
(2010).
Prevalence and Trends in Obesity Among US Adults, 1999-2008.
JAMA
, 303
(3)
, 235-235.
https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2009.2014
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- 10.1001/jama.2009.2014
- PMID
- 20071471