Mortality rate and overweight: Overblown or underestimated? A commentary on a recent meta-analysis of the associations of BMI and mortality

Molecular Metabolism

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 65-68

  Keith, Scott W ^a   Fontaine, Kevin R ^b   Allison, David B ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Mortality; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORTALITY; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84877710852     PISSN: 22128778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2013.03.005     Document Type: Review

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