Prevalence and trends in obesity among US adults, 1999-2008

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 303, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 235-241

  Flegal, Katherine M ^a   Carroll, Margaret D ^a   Ogden, Cynthia L ^a   Curtin, Lester R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX RATIO; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74549140993     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.2014     Document Type: Article

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