How dangerous is obesity?
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How Dangerous Is Obesity? Issues in Measurement and Interpretation
THE PREVALENCE of obesity is rising in nearly all regions of the world (Finucane et al. 2011). In the United States, the adult prevalence of obesity increased from 15 percent in 1976–1980 to 31 percent in 1999–2000 and to 38 percent in 2013–2014 (Flegal et al. 1998; Ogden et al. 2015; Flegal et al. 2012). Although it is well known that obesity raises risks for a variety of diseases, including c...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1977
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.2.6079.119-a