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Earl S. Ford

Researcher at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Publications -  404
Citations -  122089

Earl S. Ford is an academic researcher from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The author has contributed to research in topics: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey & Population. The author has an hindex of 130, co-authored 404 publications receiving 116628 citations. Previous affiliations of Earl S. Ford include American Heart Association & Brigham and Women's Hospital.

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Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome Among US Adults: Findings From the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

TL;DR: These results from a representative sample of US adults show that the metabolic syndrome is highly prevalent and the large numbers of US residents with the metabolic Syndrome may have important implications for the health care sector.
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Prevalence of obesity, diabetes, and obesity-related health risk factors, 2001.

TL;DR: Overweight and obesity were significantly associated with diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, asthma, arthritis, and poor health status, and increases in obesity and diabetes continue in both sexes, all ages, all races, all educational levels, and all smoking levels.