Prevalence of obesity and trends in the distribution of body mass index among US adults, 1999-2010

JAMA

Volumn 307, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 491-497

  Flegal, Katherine M ^a   Carroll, D ^a   Kit, Brian K ^a   Ogden, Cynthia L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; NEGRO; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SAMPLE SIZE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856487711     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.39     Document Type: Article

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