Overweight and obesity in the United States: Prevalence and trends, 1960-1994

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-47

  Flegal, K M ^a   Carroll, M D ^a   Kuczmarski, R J ^a   Johnson, C L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Body mass index; Body weight; Health surveys; Mexican Americans; Nutrition surveys; Obesity; United States; Whites

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; UNITED STATES;

PIERINAE;

EID: 0031974818     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800541     Document Type: Article

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