Comparisons of percentage body fat, body mass index, waist circumference, and waist-stature ratio in adults
Katherine M. Flegal,John A. Shepherd,Anne C. Looker,Barry I. Graubard,Lori G. Borrud,Cynthia L. Ogden,Tamara B. Harris,James E. Everhart,Nathaniel Schenker +8 more
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BMI, WC, and WSR perform similarly as indicators of body fatness and are more closely related to each other than with percentage body fat.About:
This article is published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.The article was published on 2009-02-01 and is currently open access. It has received 722 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Classification of obesity & Body adiposity index.read more
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Prevalence and trends in obesity among US adults, 1999-2008.
TL;DR: The increases in the prevalence of obesity previously observed do not appear to be continuing at the same rate over the past 10 years, particularly for women and possibly for men.
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Prevalence of childhood and adult obesity in the United States, 2011-2012.
TL;DR: Overall, there was no significant change from 2003-2004 through 2011-2012 in high weight for recumbent length among infants and toddlers, obesity in 2- to 19-year-olds, or obesity in adults.
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Prevalence of Obesity and Trends in the Distribution of Body Mass Index Among US Adults, 1999-2010
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Multiple Imputation for Nonresponse in Surveys
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Trends in Obesity Among Adults in the United States, 2005 to 2014.
Katherine M. Flegal,Deanna Kruszon-Moran,Margaret D. Carroll,Cheryl D. Fryar,Cynthia L. Ogden +4 more
TL;DR: Analyses of changes over the decade from 2005 through 2014, adjusted for age, race/Hispanic origin, smoking status, and education, showed significant increasing linear trends among women for overall obesity and for class 3 obesity but not among men.
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