Prevalence of overweight and obesity in the United States, 2007-2012

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1412-1413

  Yang, Lin ^a   Colditz, Graham A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY GROUP; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICAN; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; OVERWEIGHT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84938918533     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: 21686114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.2405     Document Type: Article

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