The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 120, Issue 3 , Pages 242-250.e2 , March 2007

Increasing Trends in Incidence of Overweight and Obesity over 5 Decades

  • Nisha I. Parikh, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Mass
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  • Michael J. Pencina, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Mass
    • Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Boston University, Boston, Mass
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  • Thomas J. Wang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Mass
    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
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  • Katherine J. Lanier, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Boston University, Boston, Mass
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  • Caroline S. Fox, MD

      Affiliations

    • Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Mass
    • Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
    • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md
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  • Ralph B. D’Agostino, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Mass
    • Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Boston University, Boston, Mass
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  • Ramachandran S. Vasan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Mass
    • Preventive Medicine and Cardiology Sections, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Mass.
    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Ramachandran S. Vasan, MD, Framingham Heart Study, 73 Mount Wayte Avenue, Suite 2, Framingham, MA 01702-5803.

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    Baseline and follow-up examination years for the original and offspring cohorts of the Framingham Study that were used for determining the prevalence and the incidence of obesity by decade of observat

    Baseline and follow-up examination years for the original and offspring cohorts of the Framingham Study that were used for determining the prevalence and the incidence of obesity by decade of observation (from 1950s to 2000s); ni and np indicate the numbers of individuals between ages 40 and 55 years available in each of the decades for the calculations of prevalence and incidence rates.

 Supported by a National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, contract N01-HC-25195, and research grants 2K24HL04334 (R.S.V.), and K23HL074077 (T.J.W.). The funding sources had no role in the design/conduct of the study, management, analysis, and interpretation of data, or the preparation of the manuscript. The National Heart Lung Blood Institute funded the collection of data on height and weight (NO1-HC-25195) used in this investigation, and approved the manuscript. Dr. Vasan had full access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of and the accuracy of the data analysis.

PII: S0002-9343(06)00674-7

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2006.06.004

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 120, Issue 3 , Pages 242-250.e2 , March 2007

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