Longitudinal Trends in Obesity in the United States From Adolescence to the Third Decade of Life
Open Access
- 6 September 2010
- Vol. 18 (9), 1801-1804
- https://doi.org/10.1038/oby.2009.451
Abstract
No longitudinal analyses using national data have evaluated the increase in obesity from adolescence into early adulthood. We examined obesity incidence, persistence, and reversal in a nationally rep...Keywords
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