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Prevalence and Trends in Obesity Among US Adults, 1999-2008
JAMA · 2010 · Vol. 303(3) · pp. 235–235
Katherine M. Flegal✉(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Abstract
In 2007-2008, the prevalence of obesity was 32.2% among adult men and 35.5% among adult women. The increases in the prevalence of obesity previously observed do not appear to be continuing at the same rate over the past 10 years, particularly for women and possibly for men.
Obesity, Physical Activity, DietNutritional Studies and DietHealth and Lifestyle StudiesMedicineOverweightObesityNational Health and Nutrition Examination SurveyBody mass indexConfidence intervalDemographyOdds ratioPopulationGerontology
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AdultAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNutrition SurveysObesityUnited StatesBody Mass IndexPrevalenceOverweightYoung Adult
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