Incidences of obesity and extreme obesity among US adults: findings from the 2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

• Main Authors: Sherry Bettylou (Author), Park Sohyun (Author), Gillespie Cathleen (Author), Freedman David S (Author), Pan Liping (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2011-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>No recent national studies have provided incidence data for obesity, nor have they examined the association between incidence and selected risk factors. The purpose of this study is to examine the incidence of obesity (body mass inde...