Impact of overweight on the risk of developing common chronic diseases during a 10-year period

AE Field, EH Coakley, A Must… - Archives of internal …, 2001 - jamanetwork.com
Background Overweight adults are at an increased risk of developing numerous chronic
diseases. Methods Ten-year follow-up (1986-1996) of middle-aged women in the Nurses'
Health Study and men in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study to assess the health risks
associated with overweight. Results The risk of developing diabetes, gallstones,
hypertension, heart disease, and stroke increased with severity of overweight among both
women and men. Compared with their same-sex peers with a body mass index …
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