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Obesity
Studies from Y.C. Wang et al have provided new data on obesity
March 25th, 2008
According to recent research from the United States, "The objective was to forecast BMI distribution in the U.S. population along with demographic changes based on past race-, sex-, and birth cohort-specific secular trends. Research Methods and Procedures: We compiled data from 44,184 subjects from 4 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES; 1971 to 2004)." "By race and sex, we fit regression models to create smoothed mean BMI curves by age for 1970 to 2010. Linking corresponding birth cohorts across age- and year-specific mean BMI projections, we estimated the trajectory of relative BMI throughout each cohort's lifetime. These projections were...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-03-25)
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