Obesity on the Rise

被引：11
作者：
Boardley, Debra [1 ,2 ]
Pobocik, Rebecca S. [2 ,3 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Toledo, Dept Publ Hlth, Coll Med, Toledo, OH 43606 USA
[2] NW Ohio Consortium Publ Hlth, Toledo, OH 43614 USA
[3] Bowling Green State Univ, Dept Nutr, Sch Family & Consumer Sci, Bowling Green, OH 43403 USA
来源：
PRIMARY CARE | 2009年 / 36卷 / 02期
关键词：
Obesity; Overweight; Anthropometric measures; Epidermiology; Health care costs; Public health; BODY-MASS INDEX; LOW SOCIOECONOMIC-STATUS; MEXICAN-AMERICAN ADULTS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; UNITED-STATES; US ADULTS; ANTHROPOMETRIC PREDICTORS; ADOLESCENT OVERWEIGHT; MEDICAL EXPENDITURES; ABDOMINAL ADIPOSITY;
D O I：
10.1016/j.pop.2009.01.003
中图分类号：
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号：
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要：
The prevalence of obesity has increased markedly during recent years with the burden of obesity higher in minority groups in the United States. Rates of obesity vary according to age and employment, although the effect by socioeconomic strata is diminishing. Body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) are the primary anthropometric measures of obesity, but waist-to-height is increasingly being used as a measure that identifies both overweight and metabolic risk. BMI should be interpreted with caution in the elderly, children, and some Asian populations.
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页码：243 / +
页数：14
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