Revealing the burden of obesity using weight histories

Analyses of the relation between obesity and mortality typically evaluate risk with respect to weight recorded at a single point in time. As a consequence, there is generally no distinction made between nonobese individuals who were never obese and nonobese individuals who were formerly obese and lo...

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Published in:	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS Vol. 113; no. 3; pp. 572 - 577
Main Authors:	Stokes, Andrew, Preston, Samuel H
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 19.01.2016
Subjects:	Aged Aged, 80 and over Body Mass Index Body Weight Cost of Illness Diabetes Mellitus - epidemiology Humans Middle Aged Obesity - epidemiology Obesity - mortality Prevalence Proportional Hazards Models Reference Standards United States United States mortality epidemiology maximum weight body mass index obesity
ISSN:	1091-6490
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