Prevalence of obesity and trends in the distribution of body mass index among US adults, 1999-2010.

By K. Flegal, M. Carroll, B. Kit, Cynthia L Ogden. Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2012

5,458 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Surgery

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In Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

1. F. B. Hu
2. D. Cooper
3. B. Kit
4. A. Jemal
5. M. Carroll
6. A. Chait
7. C. Apovian
8. Laura J. den Hartigh

In Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

1. F. B. Hu
2. B. Kit
3. M. Carroll
4. W. Garvey
5. A. Jemal
6. Winfried März
7. Jure Leskovec
8. J. Inman

In Surgery

1. B. Kit
2. F. B. Hu
3. A. Jemal
4. Peter Kraft
5. J. Ferlay
6. Chris Cooper
7. M. Carroll
8. Scott L. Delp

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