Open AccessNew NHLBI clinical guidelines for obesity and overweight: will they promote health?
Author(s) -
William J. Strawbridge,
Margaret Wallhagen,
Sarah J. Shema
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.90.3.340
Subject(s) - overweight , underweight , body mass index , medicine , obesity , demography , gerontology , ethnic group , environmental health , sociology , anthropology
The purpose of this study was to assess the justification, on the basis of mortality, of the new National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) guidelines on obesity and overweight and to discuss the health implications of declaring all adults with a body mass index of 25 through 29 "overweight."
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