BMI and mortality: the limits of epidemiological evidence

Lancet. 2016 Aug 20;388(10046):734-6. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30949-7. Epub 2016 Jul 13.

Authors

David Berrigan¹, Richard P Troiano², Barry I Graubard³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. Electronic address: berrigad@mail.nih.gov.
² Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
³ Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.

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MeSH terms

Body Mass Index*
Humans
Mortality
Obesity*
Risk Factors
White People

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