Obesity and socioeconomic status in adults; United States, 2005-2008

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• Personal Author:
  Carroll, Margaret D. ; Flegal, Katherine M. ; Lamb, Molly M. ; Ogden, Cynthia L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  In 2007-2008 more than one-third of United States adults were obese. Obese individuals are at increased risk of diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, and certain cancers, among other conditions. Some studies have shown a relationship between obesity prevalence and socioeconomic status measured as educational level or income. This data brief presents the most recent national data on obesity in United States adults and its association with poverty income ratio (PIR) and education level. Results are presented by sex and race and ethnicity. - p. 1
• Content Notes:
  Cynthia L. Ogden, Molly M. Lamb, Margaret D. Carroll, and Katherine M. Flegal.
  
  Title from caption (viewed Feb. 15, 2012)..
  
  December 2010
  
  Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  
  Mode of access: World Wide Web.
  
  Includes bibliographical references (p. 7).
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adult Economic Conditions Education Epidemiology Obesity Overweight Persons Socioeconomic Factors
• Series:
  NCHS Data Briefs
• Document Type:
  Journal Issue
• Genre:
  Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  electronic resource; remote; 1 online resource (7 p.) : col. ill.
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/11833/cdc_11833_DS1.pdf
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