Underweight, Overweight, Obesity, and Excess Deaths

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dc.contributor.authorWillett, Walter C.
dc.contributor.authorHu, Frank B.
dc.contributor.authorColditz, Graham A.
dc.contributor.authorManson, JoAnn E.
dc.contributor.authorGolub, Robert M.
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T15:00:57Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T15:00:57Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.description.abstractIn their study of deaths associated with underweight, overweight, and obesity, Dr Flegal and colleagues1 conclude that excess mortality due to obesity and overweight is much lower than previously reported. We believe that their analysis is flawed and misleading. A major challenge in such studies is that low weight is often due to underlying chronic disease, which may exist for many years before death. Thus, lean persons are a mix of smokers, healthy active persons, and those with chronic illness (due to the direct effects of disease on weight and sometimes purposeful weight loss motivated by diagnosis of a serious illness). Their analysis does not successfully disentangle this diverse group.
dc.description.urihttp://jama.ama-assn.org/content/294/5/551.2.extract
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/kona-tdqb
dc.identifier.citationWillett, Walter C. and Hu, Frank B. and Colditz, Graham A. and Manson, JoAnn E. (2005) Underweight, Overweight, Obesity, and Excess Deaths. JAMA, 294 (5). pp. 551-553.
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 927
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/22886
dc.subjectObesity
dc.subjectHealth Risk Factors
dc.subjectunderweight
dc.subjectoverweight
dc.subjectobesity
dc.subjectmortality
dc.subjectchronic disease
dc.titleUnderweight, Overweight, Obesity, and Excess Deaths
dc.typeArticle

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