Obesity

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Will All Americans Become Overweight or Obese? Estimating the Progression and Cost of the US Obesity Epidemic

Youfa Wang, May A. Beydoun, Lan Liang, Benjamin Caballero and Shiriki K. Kumanyika

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Shifts in BMI distribution among American adults between 1976 and 2004: NHANES II (1976–1980), III (1988–1994), and 1999–2004. (a) Kernel density plot of BMI. (b) Cumulative proportion distribution of BMI. (c) Mean BMI difference within percentile, m–d: ordinary least squares (OLS) estimate of average yearly shift.

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