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Springer, New York, NY
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Authors: John Morton
Publish Date: 2008
Volume: , Issue: , Pages: 709-727
Abstract
An obesity epidemic exists throughout the developed and much of the developing world1 2 3 4 Obesity typically measured as body mass index BMI of 30kg/m2 or higher has three subclasses obesity 1 30–349 obesity 2 35–399 and extreme obesity 40 Extreme or morbid obesity is increasing particularly rapidly in the United States and may have the potential of decreasing life expectancy5 6 7 From 1986 to 2000 the prevalence of BMI of 30 or more doubled whereas that of BMI of 40 or more quadrupled and even extreme obesity BMI of 50 or more increased fivefold2 Of particular concern is the alarming increasing prevalence of obesity among children suggesting that the epidemic will worsen before it improves1
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