Forecasting the obesity epidemic in the aging U.S. population

Obesity

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2855-2865

  Wang, Y Claire ^a,b   Colditz, Graham A ^b,d   Kuntz, Karen M ^a,c  

^a Columbia Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; BMI; Population studies; Prediction; Public health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38049059518     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2007.339     Document Type: Article

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