Trends in obesity and extreme obesity among US adults

JAMA

Volumn 303, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 1695-

  Main, Michael L ^a   Rao, Seshu C ^a   O'Keefe, James H ^a  

^a SAINT LUKE S MID AMERICA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY FAT; BODY MASS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; CLASSIFICATION; HOSPITALIZATION; NOTE;

HUMANS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951909772     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2010.517     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Flegal KM, Carroll MD, Odgen CL, Curtin LR. Prevalence and trends in obesity among US adults, 1999-2008. JAMA. 2010;303(3):235-241.
2. Romero-Corral A, Somers VK, Sierra-Johnson J, et al. Normal weight obesity: a risk factor for cardiometabolic dysregulation and cardiovascular mortality [published online ahead of print November 20, 2009]. Eur Heart J. 2010;31(6):737-746.