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- Title
Increases in clinically severe obesity in the United States, 1986-2000.
- Authors
Sturm, Roland
- Abstract
We know that Americans are increasingly becoming overweight, but we do not know whether this trend applies to clinically severe obesity (>100 lbs [45 kg] overweight), which is believed to have different causes than typical weight gain. Severe obesity is more serious for an individual's health and creates different challenges for the health care system. This study estimates trends for extreme weight categories between the years 1986 and 2000.
- Publication
Archives of internal medicine, 2003, Vol 163, Issue 18, p2146
- ISSN
0003-9926
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1001/archinte.163.18.2146