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Body mass index, weight change and mortality risk in a prospective study in India

Author(s) -

Catherine Sauvaget,

Kunnambath Ramadas,

Gigi Thomas,

Jissa Vinoda,

Thara Somanathan,

Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyn059

Subject(s) - body mass index , medicine , prospective cohort study , weight change , index (typography) , obesity , demography , gerontology , environmental health , weight loss , sociology , world wide web , computer science

Although the detrimental effect of overweight and obesity has been extensively reported in Western populations, little is known on the association between body weight, weight change and mortality in Asian populations whose weight distribution and mortality differ considerably from the West.

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