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. 2021 Dec;29(12):1992-1993.
doi: 10.1002/oby.23272. Epub 2021 Sep 14.

What can regional estimates of the prevalence of obesity tell us about what risk factors we should target?

William H Dietz  1
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What can regional estimates of the prevalence of obesity tell us about what risk factors we should target?

William H Dietz. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2021 Dec.
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  • Regional and sociodemographic differences in average BMI among US children in the ECHO program.
    Bekelman TA, Dabelea D, Ganiban JM, Law A, McGovern Reilly A, Althoff KN, Mueller N, Camargo CA Jr, Duarte CS, Dunlop AL, Elliott AJ, Ferrara A, Gold DR, Hertz-Picciotto I, Hartert T, Hipwell AE, Huddleston K, Johnson CC, Karagas MR, Karr CJ, Hershey GKK, Leve L, Mahabir S, McEvoy CT, Neiderhiser J, Oken E, Rundle A, Sathyanarayana S, Turley C, Tylavsky FA, Watson SE, Wright R, Zhang M, Zoratti E; program collaborators for Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO). Bekelman TA, et al. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2021 Dec;29(12):2089-2099. doi: 10.1002/oby.23235. Epub 2021 Aug 31. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2021. PMID: 34467678 Free PMC article.

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