Abstract
These nationally representative data document a substantial increase in overweight among US adults and support the findings of other investigations that show notable increases in overweight during the past decade. These observations suggest that the Healthy People 2000 objective of reducing the prevalence of overweight US adults to no more than 20% may not be met by the year 2000. Understanding the reasons underlying the increase in the prevalence of overweight in the United States and elucidating the potential consequences in terms of morbidity and mortality present a challenge to our understanding of the etiology, treatment, and prevention of overweight.
Keywords
OverweightNational Health and Nutrition Examination SurveyMedicineBody mass indexDemographyPopulationObesityGerontologyEnvironmental health
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Robert J. Kuczmarski
(1994).
Increasing prevalence of overweight among US adults. The National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, 1960 to 1991.
JAMA
, 272
(3)
, 205-211.
https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.272.3.205
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- 10.1001/jama.272.3.205