Prevalence of overweight and obesity among US children, adolescents, and adults, 1999-2002

Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 291, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 2847-2850

  Hedley, Allison A ^a,b   Ogden, Cynthia L ^b   Johnson, Clifford L ^b   Carroll, Margaret D ^b   Curtin, Lester R ^b   Flegal, Katherine M ^b,c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942554887     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.291.23.2847     Document Type: Article

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