Morbid obesity in Taiwan: Prevalence, trends, associated social demographics, and lifestyle factors.

Morbid obesity in Taiwan: Prevalence, trends, associated social demographics, and lifestyle factors.

OBJECTIVE:Obesity is one of the most important public health issues worldwide. Moreover, an extreme phenotype, morbid obesity (MO) has insidiously become a global problem. Therefore, we aimed to document the prevalence trend and to unveil the epidemiological characteristics of MO in Taiwan. METHODS:...

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Main Authors: Heng-Cheng Chang, Hsin-Chou Yang, Hsing-Yi Chang, Chih-Jung Yeh, Hsin-Hung Chen, Kuo-Chin Huang, Wen-Harn Pan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5289420?pdf=render

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