Trends in general and abdominal obesity in US adults: Evidence from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2001-2018)

• Main Authors: Jin-Yu Sun (Author), Wen-Jun Huang (Author), Yang Hua (Author), Qiang Qu (Author), Chen Cheng (Author), Heng-Li Liu (Author), Xiang-Qing Kong (Author), Yong-Xiang Ma (Author), Wei Sun (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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AimThis study investigates the trend in general obesity and abdominal obesity in US adults from 2001 to 2018.MethodsWe included 44,184 adults from the nine cycles of the continuous NHANES (2001-2002, 2003-2004, 2005-2006, 2007-2008, 2009-2010, 2011-2012, 2013-2014, 2015-2016, and 2017-2018). The age...