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Kilogram Per Square Meter
Known as:
kg/m2
, Kilograms per meters squared
, Kilogram/Square Meter
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The SI derived unit of spread rate of a substance by mass, used also as a measure of area density and as a dose calculation unit.
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2020
Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia: 2019 Consensus Update on Sarcopenia Diagnosis and Treatment.
Liang‐Kung Chen
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J. Woo
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+24 authors
H. Arai
Journal of the American Medical Directors…
2020
Corpus ID: 211063940
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2017
Highly Cited
2017
Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and…
Leandra Ziad A Zargar Abdul Niveen M Benjamin Cecilia Robe Abarca-Gómez Abdeen Hamid Abu-Rmeileh Acosta-Cazar
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Leandra Abarca-Gómez
,
+1,022 authors
M. Ezzati
The Lancet
2017
Corpus ID: 3587483
Review
2008
Review
2008
Body-mass index and incidence of cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective observational studies
A. Renehan
,
M. Tyson
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M. Egger
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R. Heller
,
M. Zwahlen
The Lancet
2008
Corpus ID: 99121
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Relation between consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks and childhood obesity: a prospective, observational analysis
D. Ludwig
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K. Peterson
,
S. Gortmaker
The Lancet
2001
Corpus ID: 15948806
Review
1999
Review
1999
The disease burden associated with overweight and obesity.
A. Must
,
Jennifer L. Spadano
,
E. Coakley
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A. Field
,
G. Colditz
,
W. Dietz
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA…
1999
Corpus ID: 22220904
CONTEXT Overweight and obesity are increasing dramatically in the United States and most likely contribute substantially to the…
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Review
1999
Review
1999
Using the Berlin Questionnaire To Identify Patients at Risk for the Sleep Apnea Syndrome
N. Netzer
,
R. Stoohs
,
C. Netzer
,
K. Clark
,
K. Strohl
Annals of Internal Medicine
1999
Corpus ID: 31953714
The obstructive sleep apneahypopnea syndrome is a potentially disabling condition characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness…
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Review
1999
Review
1999
The spread of the obesity epidemic in the United States, 1991-1998.
A. Mokdad
,
M. Serdula
,
W. Dietz
,
B. Bowman
,
J. Marks
,
J. Koplan
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA…
1999
Corpus ID: 29845905
CONTEXT The increasing prevalence of obesity is a major public health concern, since obesity is associated with several chronic…
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Review
1999
Review
1999
Elevated C-reactive protein levels in overweight and obese adults.
M. Visser
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L. Bouter
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G. Mcquillan
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M. Wener
,
T. Harris
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA…
1999
Corpus ID: 22622953
CONTEXT Human adipose tissue expresses and releases the proinflammatory cytokine interleukin 6, potentially inducing low-grade…
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Review
1998
Review
1998
Overweight and obesity in the United States: prevalence and trends, 1960–1994
K. Flegal
,
M. Carroll
,
R. Kuczmarski
,
CL Johnson
International Journal of Obesity
1998
Corpus ID: 23522090
OBJECTIVE: To describe the prevalence of, and trends in, overweight and obesity in the US population using standardized…
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Effects of Diet and Exercise in Preventing NIDDM in People With Impaired Glucose Tolerance: The Da Qing IGT and Diabetes Study
Xiao-ren Pan
,
Guang-wei Li
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+15 authors
B. Howard
Diabetes Care
1997
Corpus ID: 25767739
OBJECTIVE Individuals with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) have a high risk of developing NIDDM. The purpose of this study was…
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