The Disease Burden Associated with Overweight and Obesity
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...Obesity and type 2 diabetes are the most prevalent and serious metabolic diseases; they affect more than 50% of adults in the US...
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...We corrected the PORs using the method of Zhang and Yu.24 Using our logistic regression models, we estimated the baseline prevalence of each condition for normal weight individuals, of modal race or ethnicity and modal smoking status....
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...We corrected the PORs using the method of Zhang and Yu.(24) Using our logistic regression models, we estimated the baseline prevalence of each condition for normal weight individuals, of modal race or ethnicity and modal smoking status....
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...Recent estimates suggest that1 in2adults in the UnitedStates isoverweightorobese,defined by a body mass index (BMI) of higher than 25, an increase of more than 25% over the past 3 decades.(4) These dramatic increaseshaveoccurredamongthe 3 major racial and ethnic groups and include both sexes....
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...timates based on these definitions differ slightly from those published by Flegal and colleagues.(4) Their report was based on adults 20 years or older, whereas our report includes adults aged 25 years or older....
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...These dramatic increaseshaveoccurredamongthe 3 major racial and ethnic groups and include both sexes.(4)...
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