Increasing Trends in Incidence of Overweight and Obesity over 5 Decades

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Parikh, Nisha I ^a   Pencina, Michael J ^a,e   Wang, Thomas J ^a,b   Lanier, Katherine J ^e   Fox, Caroline S ^a,c,d   D'Agostino, Ralph B ^a,e   Vasan, Ramachandran S ^a,f  

^a FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Boston University   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Epidemiology; Obesity; Overweight; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIET, REDUCING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847406983     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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