How much energy is locked in the USA? Alternative metrics for characterising the magnitude of overweight and obesity derived from BRFSS 2010 data

Reidpath DD 1 , Masood M , Allotey P

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Global Public Health, Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, 46150, Bandar Sunway, Selangor DE, Malaysia, daniel.reidpath@monash.edu
Int J Public Health, 2014 Jun;59(3):503-7.
PMID: 24045784 DOI: 10.1007/s00038-013-0510-1

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Four metrics to characterise population overweight are described.

METHODS: Behavioural Risk Factors Surveillance System data were used to estimate the weight the US population needed to lose to achieve a BMI 

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