This review of the obesity epidemic provides a comprehensive description of the current
situation, time trends, and disparities across gender, age, socioeconomic status …

Obesity is associated with health risks (1, 2). Monitoring the prevalence of obesity is relevant
for public health programs that focus on reducing or preventing obesity. No significant …

Although a clear risk of mortality is associated with obesity, the risk of mortality associated
with overweight is equivocal. The objective of this study is to estimate the relationship …

OVERWEIGHT is defined as body weight above a “nor-mal” range. Overweight and obesity
result from a poorly understood interaction between genes and the environment …

Background Overweight and obesity prevalence are commonly used for public and policy
communication of the extent of the obesity epidemic, yet comparable estimates of trends in …

Importance More than one-third of adults and 17% of youth in the United States are obese,
although the prevalence remained stable between 2003-2004 and 2009-2010. Objective To …

Obesity is a complex multifactorial disease. The worldwide prevalence of overweight and
obesity has doubled since 1980 to an extent that nearly a third of the world's population is …

Background The prevalence of obesity has increased over the past 3 decades, with a
disproportionate growth in excessive weight categories (body mass index [BMI] 35.0–39.9 …

Importance Many studies of the association between obesity and mortality rely on weight
status at a single point in time, making it difficult to adequately address bias associated with …

Importance Previous analyses of obesity trends among children and adolescents showed an
increase between 1988-1994 and 1999-2000, but no change between 2003-2004 and 2011 …