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Clinical guidelines on the identification, evaluation, and treatment of overweight and obesity in adults: Executive summary
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Clinical guidelines on the identification, evaluation, and treatment of overweight and obesity in adults: Executive summary

Expert Panel on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight in Adults
The American journal of clinical nutrition, Vol.68(4), pp.899-917
10/01/1998
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/68.4.899
PMID: 9771869
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https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/68.4.899View
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Abstract

An estimated 97 million adults in the United States are overweight or obese, a condition that substantially raises their risk of morbidity from hypertension, dyslipidemia, type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, stroke, gallbladder disease, osteoarthritis, sleep apnea and respiratory problems, and endometrial, breast, prostate, and colon cancers. Higher body weights are also associated with increases in all-cause mortality.
Adults Obesity Guidelines Primary care

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