Body mass index and mortality: understanding the patterns and paradoxes

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Population Health Sciences, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK sarah.wild@ed.ac.uk.
² Nutrition and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton, UK.

Editorial

Sarah H Wild et al. BMJ. 2016.

. 2016 May 4:353:i2433.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.i2433.

¹ Centre for Population Health Sciences, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK sarah.wild@ed.ac.uk.
² Nutrition and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton, UK.

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