Prevalence and trends in obesity among US adults, 1999-2000

Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 288, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 1723-1727

  Flegal, Katherine M ^a   Carroll, Margaret D ^a   Ogden, Cynthia L ^a   Johnson, Clifford L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SELF REPORT; SEX; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037048669     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.288.14.1723     Document Type: Article

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