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- Title
The big fat truth.
- Authors
Hughes, Virginia
- Abstract
The article focuses on a report by a team lead by Katherine Flegal, an epidemiologist at the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics on weight of the people and death. It reports that people with overweight die six percent less likely than people with normal weight. It mentions about the obesity paradox that states that overwight increases risks of diabetes, heart diseases and cancer. The article also presents a graph on the probability of death with increased weight.
- Subjects
FLEGAL, Katherine; NATIONAL Center for Health Statistics (U.S.); BODY weight; DEATH; OBESITY; DIABETES; HEART diseases; CANCER
- Publication
Nature, 2013, Vol 497, Issue 7450, p428
- ISSN
0028-0836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/497428a