Commentary: Obesity-years--a new metric to measure health effects of obesity

The number of years lived with obesity and the risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality

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Prevalence and Trends in Obesity Among US Adults, 1999-2008

(2010) Katherine M. Flegal   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Body-Mass Index and Mortality among 1.46 Million White Adults

(2010) Amy Berrington de Gonzalez et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

The duration of obesity and the risk of type 2 diabetes

(2010) Asnawi Abdullah et al.   PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION

Obesity and Cancer

(2009) R. Percik et al.   EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & DIABETES

Forecasting the Effects of Obesity and Smoking on U.S. Life Expectancy

(2009) Susan T. Stewart et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Global burden of obesity in 2005 and projections to 2030

(2008) T Kelly et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

Will All Americans Become Overweight or Obese? Estimating the Progression and Cost of the US Obesity Epidemic

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