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Body Mass Index at Age 25 and All-Cause Mortality in Whites and African Americans: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: Approximately 20% of young adults in the United States are obese, and most gain weight between young and middle adulthood. Few studies have examined the association between elevated BMI in early adulthood and mortality or examined such effects independent of changes in weight. We know of no studies in African American samples.

Source: Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

DOI: 10.17615/j5yh-m457

Authors: Wang, Chin-Hua, Cai, Jianwen, Stevens, June, Truesdale, Kimberly P., Erber, Eva

Language: English

Topic: Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute