Prevalence of pre-clinical and clinical obesity in adults: Pooled analysis of 56 population-based national health surveys.

Obesity is commonly defined using body mass index (BMI), but BMI alone does not capture the metabolic and functional consequences of excess weight. We examined the prevalence of clinical obesity, a new definition that incorporates BMI alongside metabolic and functional impairments. We analyzed natio...

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Main Authors: Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco, Wilmer Cristobal Guzman-Vilca, Carla Tarazona-Meza, Xiaolin Xu, Antonio Bernabe-Ortiz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2025-01-01
Series:PLOS Global Public Health
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0004838
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