Update: Prevalence of Overweight among Children, Adolescents, and Adults - United States, 1988-1994

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 199-202

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ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

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