Prevalence and trends in obesity among US adults, 1999-2000.
By K. Flegal, M. Carroll, Cynthia L Ogden, Clifford L. Johnson. Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2002
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Subfields: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Surgery
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Citations in the corpus
- Recalling Past Temptations: An Information-Processing Perspective on the Dynamics of Self-Control (2008, background): “Recent statistics suggest that almost a third of the Amer-ican population 20–74 years of age can be classified as obese (Flegal et al. 2002).”
- Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D status of the US population: 1988–1994 versus 2000–2004 (2008, neutral): “For example, the prevalence of overweight increased in the US population in the past decade (3, 4).”
- Is obesity contagious? Social networks vs. environmental factors in the obesity epidemic. (2008, positive): “The United States has experienced a startling increase in average weight and in obesity over the past few decades (Flegal et al. 2002, Hedley et al. 2004).”
- Validity of a multi-sensor armband in estimating rest and exercise energy expenditure. (2004, background): “It is commonly believed that the modern inactive lifestyles of Americans are contributing to the obesity epidemic ( 6 ,14).”
- Brief Communication: Sleep Curtailment in Healthy Young Men Is Associated with Decreased Leptin Levels, Elevated Ghrelin Levels, and Increased Hunger and Appetite (2004, background): “During the same time period, the incidence of obesity has nearly doubled (21).”
- How Many Steps/Day Are Enough? (2004, background): “[4]Unfortunately, such non-volitional and largely incidental activities are challenging to assess[1,5]and their relationship to weight maintenance and to overall health risk is only speculative at this time.”