Excess deaths associated with underweight, overweight, and obesity

Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 293, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 1861-1867

  Flegal, Katherine M ^a,b   Graubard, Barry I ^c   Williamson, David F ^d   Gail, Mitchell H ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNDERWEIGHT; UNITED STATES; BODY WEIGHT; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; THINNESS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17144385790     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.293.15.1861     Document Type: Article

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