Long-Term Morbidity and Mortality of Overweight Adolescents
- 5 November 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in The New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 327 (19), 1350-1355
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199211053271904
Abstract
Overweight in adults is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. In contrast, the long-term effect of overweight in adolescence on morbidity and mortality is not known.Keywords
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