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The Association of Obesity With Episodic and Chronic Migraine
Author(s) -
Evans Randolph W.,
Williams Michelle A.,
Rapoport Alan M.,
Peterlin B. Lee
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2012.02114.x
Subject(s) - epidemiology , public health , medicine , gerontology , neurology , psychiatry , pathology
About 18% of adolescents and 33% of adults are obese in the United States. Recent studies demonstrating an association between migraine and obesity raise fascinating questions about the mechanism for this association and suggest new potential avenues of treatment for migraine.