Prevalence of obesity among older adults in the United States, 2007-2010

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• Personal Author:
  Carroll, Margaret D. ; Fakhouri, Tala H. I. ; Flegal, Katherine M. ; Kit, Brian K. ; Ogden, Cynthia L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2007-2010 More than one-third of older adults aged 65 and over were obese in 2007-2010. Obesity prevalence was higher among those aged 65‒74 compared with those aged 75 and over in both men and women. The prevalence of obesity in women aged 65-74 was higher than in women aged 75 and over in all racial and ethnic groups except non-Hispanic black women, where approximately one in two were obese among both age groups. Between 1999‒2002 and 2007‒2010, the prevalence of obesity among older men increased.
• Content Notes:
  Tala H.I. Fakhouri ... [et. al.].
  
  Includes bibliographical references (p. 7).
  
  
• Subjects:
  Aged Epidemiology Obesity Older People Overweight Persons Weight
• Source:
  NCHS data brief ; no. 106 ; DHHS publication ; no. PHS 2012-1209
• Series:
  NCHS Data Briefs
• Document Type:
  Journal Issue
• Genre:
  Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  print; 7 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
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