Overweight, obesity, and mortality [1]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 355, Issue 25, 2006, Pages 2699-

  Appels, Cathelijne W Y ^a   Vandenbroucke, Jan P ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE; UNITED STATES;

BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; SELECTION BIAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845687063     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc062590     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Adams KF, Schatzkin A, Harris TB, et al. Overweight, obesity, and mortality in a large prospective cohort of persons 50 to 71 years old. N Engl J Med 2006;355:763-78.
2. Flegal KM, Graubard BI, Williamson DF, Gail MH. Excess deaths associated with underweight, overweight, and obesity. JAMA 2005;293:1861-7.