Twenty-year changes in the prevalence of overweight in Japanese adults: the National Nutrition Survey 1976-95.

N, Yoshiike; F, Seino; S, Tajima; Y, Arai; M, Kawano; T, Furuhata; S, Inoue

doi:10.1046/j.1467-789x.2002.00070.x

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Twenty-year changes in the prevalence of overweight in Japanese adults: the National Nutrition Survey 1976-95.

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Yoshiike N

Seino F

Tajima S

Abstract

The aim of this study was to describe the 20-year changes in body mass index (BMI; kgm(-2)) and the prevalence of overweight in Japanese adults. Cross-sectional annual nationwide surveys (National Nutrition Survey, Japan) were carried out with a large probability sample of the Japanese population. D...

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