论文信息 - Overweight and mortality among baby boomers--now we're getting personal.

Overweight and mortality among baby boomers--now we're getting personal.

Dr. Tim Byers asks, what are we to do about the epidemic of adiposity, both collectively and personally? This baby boomer epidemiologist (BMI, 27.3) discusses the health risks associated with being a little overweight.

Tim Byers | T. Byers

[1] Overweight, Obesity, and Mortality in a Large Prospective Cohort of Persons 50 to 71 Years Old , 2006 .

[2] M. Thun,et al. Body-mass index and mortality in a prospective cohort of U.S. adults. , 1999, The New England journal of medicine.

[3] Graham A. Colditz,et al. Body weight and mortality among women , 1995 .

[4] Sun Ha Jee,et al. Body-mass index and mortality in Korean men and women. , 2006, The New England journal of medicine.

[5] J. Manson,et al. The escalating pandemics of obesity and sedentary lifestyle. A call to action for clinicians. , 2004, Archives of internal medicine.