The Lancet, Volume 351, Issue 9106
, Pages 903 - 904, 21 March 1998
doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(97)11326-5Cite or Link Using DOI
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Obesity is a disease: food for thought
The number of people in Britain who are obese (body-mass index [BMI ] > 30) is about 15%. This figure has doubled in the past decade, and seems to be rising progressively. It shows every sign of approaching that of North America, where obesity affects up to 40% of some populations. Such fatness is associated with increased rates of mortality and a vast, and expensive, increase in morbidity from cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, skeletal, metabolic, malignant, and other diseases. Obesity should be re ...
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