Prevalence of overweight and obesity in the United States, 1999-2004

Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 295, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 1549-1555

  Ogden, Cynthia L ^a   Carroll, Margaret D ^a   Curtin, Lester R ^a   McDowell, Margaret A ^a   Tabak, Carolyn J ^a,b   Flegal, Katherine M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645523067     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.295.13.1549     Document Type: Article

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