Abstract
In 2009-2010, the prevalence of obesity was 35.5% among adult men and 35.8% among adult women, with no significant change compared with 2003-2008.
Keywords
MedicineNational Health and Nutrition Examination SurveyBody mass indexObesityDemographyInterquartile rangePopulationOverweightOdds ratioGerontologyInternal medicineEnvironmental health
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Katherine M. Flegal,
Margaret D. Carroll,
Brian K. Kit
et al.
(2012).
Prevalence of Obesity and Trends in the Distribution of Body Mass Index Among US Adults, 1999-2010.
JAMA
, 307
(5)
, 491-491.
https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.39
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- 10.1001/jama.2012.39