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Characterizing extreme values of body mass index-for-age by using the 2000 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention growth charts.

Flegal KM, Wei R, Ogden CL, Freedman DS, Johnson CL, Curtin LR.

Am J Clin Nutr. 2009 Nov;90(5):1314-20. Epub 2009 Sep 23.PMID: 19776142 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Comments on 'Choice of time scale and its effect on significance of predictors in longitudinal studies' by Michael J. Pencina, Martin G. Larson and Ralph B. D'Agostino, Statistics in Medicine 2007; 26:1343-1359.

Gail MH, Graubard B, Williamson DF, Flegal KM.

Stat Med. 2009 Apr 15;28(8):1315-7. No abstract available. PMID: 19288532 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Estimates of excess deaths associated with body mass index and other anthropometric variables.

Flegal KM, Graubard BI.

Am J Clin Nutr. 2009 Apr;89(4):1213-9. Epub 2009 Feb 3.PMID: 19190072 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Comparisons of percentage body fat, body mass index, waist circumference, and waist-stature ratio in adults.

Flegal KM, Shepherd JA, Looker AC, Graubard BI, Borrud LG, Ogden CL, Harris TB, Everhart JE, Schenker N.

Am J Clin Nutr. 2009 Feb;89(2):500-8. Epub 2008 Dec 30.PMID: 19116329 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Comparison of the prevalence of shortness, underweight, and overweight among US children aged 0 to 59 months by using the CDC 2000 and the WHO 2006 growth charts.

Mei Z, Ogden CL, Flegal KM, Grummer-Strawn LM.

J Pediatr. 2008 Nov;153(5):622-8. Epub 2008 Jul 10.PMID: 18619613 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

High body mass index for age among US children and adolescents, 2003-2006.

Ogden CL, Carroll MD, Flegal KM.

JAMA. 2008 May 28;299(20):2401-5.PMID: 18505949 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Correcting bias, or biased corrections?

Flegal KM, Graubard BI, Williamson DF, Gail MH.

Obesity (Silver Spring). 2008 Feb;16(2):229-31. No abstract available. PMID: 18239628 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Simple examples should not be extrapolated to the US population.

Flegal KM, Graubard BI, Williamson DF, Gail MH.

Int J Obes (Lond). 2008 May;32(5):875; author reply 876-7. Epub 2008 Jan 15. No abstract available. PMID: 18197183 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Weight-associated deaths in the United States.

Flegal KM, Graubard BI, Williamson DF, Gail MH.

J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2007 Nov;16(9):1368-70. No abstract available. PMID: 18001195 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Cause-specific excess deaths associated with underweight, overweight, and obesity.

Flegal KM, Graubard BI, Williamson DF, Gail MH.

JAMA. 2007 Nov 7;298(17):2028-37.PMID: 17986696 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Obesity among adults in the United States--no statistically significant chance since 2003-2004.

Ogden CL, Carroll MD, McDowell MA, Flegal KM.

NCHS Data Brief. 2007 Nov;(1):1-8.PMID: 19389313 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Childhood overweight and family income.

Freedman DS, Ogden CL, Flegal KM, Khan LK, Serdula MK, Dietz WH.

MedGenMed. 2007 May 3;9(2):26.PMID: 17955082 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Impact of smoking and preexisting illness on estimates of the fractions of deaths associated with underweight, overweight, and obesity in the US population.

Flegal KM, Graubard BI, Williamson DF, Gail MH.

Am J Epidemiol. 2007 Oct 15;166(8):975-82. Epub 2007 Aug 1.PMID: 17670912 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Interpreting trends estimated from national survey data.

Flegal KM, Pamuk ER.

Prev Med. 2007 Aug-Sep;45(2-3):115-6. Epub 2007 Jun 27. No abstract available. PMID: 17643479 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The effects of changes in smoking prevalence on obesity prevalence in the United States.

Flegal KM.

Am J Public Health. 2007 Aug;97(8):1510-4. Epub 2007 Jun 28.PMID: 17600266 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Body mass index cut offs to define thinness in children and adolescents: international survey.

Cole TJ, Flegal KM, Nicholls D, Jackson AA.

BMJ. 2007 Jul 28;335(7612):194. Epub 2007 Jun 25.PMID: 17591624 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The epidemiology of obesity.

Ogden CL, Yanovski SZ, Carroll MD, Flegal KM.

Gastroenterology. 2007 May;132(6):2087-102. Review.PMID: 17498505 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Waist circumference of healthy men and women in the United States.

Flegal KM.

Int J Obes (Lond). 2007 Jul;31(7):1134-9. Epub 2007 Feb 27.PMID: 17325685 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Estimation of attributable number of deaths and standard errors from simple and complex sampled cohorts.

Graubard BI, Flegal KM, Williamson DF, Gail MH.

Stat Med. 2007 Jun 15;26(13):2639-49.PMID: 17117403 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Overweight in children: definitions and interpretation.

Flegal KM, Tabak CJ, Ogden CL.

Health Educ Res. 2006 Dec;21(6):755-60. Epub 2006 Oct 27.PMID: 17071853 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Impact of increased overweight on the projected prevalence of osteoporosis in older women.

Looker AC, Flegal KM, Melton LJ 3rd.

Osteoporos Int. 2007 Mar;18(3):307-13. Epub 2006 Oct 20.PMID: 17053871 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Blood lead levels and death from all causes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer: results from the NHANES III mortality study.

Schober SE, Mirel LB, Graubard BI, Brody DJ, Flegal KM.

Environ Health Perspect. 2006 Oct;114(10):1538-41.PMID: 17035139 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Excess deaths associated with obesity: cause and effect.

Flegal KM.

Int J Obes (Lond). 2006 Aug;30(8):1171-2. No abstract available. PMID: 16871273 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Prevalence of diabetes and impaired fasting glucose in adults in the U.S. population: National Health And Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2002.

Cowie CC, Rust KF, Byrd-Holt DD, Eberhardt MS, Flegal KM, Engelgau MM, Saydah SH, Williams DE, Geiss LS, Gregg EW.

Diabetes Care. 2006 Jun;29(6):1263-8.PMID: 16732006 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Prevalence of overweight and obesity in the United States, 1999-2004.

Ogden CL, Carroll MD, Curtin LR, McDowell MA, Tabak CJ, Flegal KM.

JAMA. 2006 Apr 5;295(13):1549-55.PMID: 16595758 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Using adjusted relative risks to calculate attributable fractions.

Flegal KM, Williamson DF, Graubard BI.

Am J Public Health. 2006 Mar;96(3):398; author reply 398-9. Epub 2006 Jan 31. No abstract available. PMID: 16449574 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Weight and mortality.

Flegal KM, Graubard BI, Williamson DF, Gail MH.

Hypertension. 2006 Feb;47(2):e6; author reply e6-7. Epub 2005 Dec 27. No abstract available. PMID: 16380528 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Commentary: the epidemic of obesity--what's in a name?

Flegal KM.

Int J Epidemiol. 2006 Feb;35(1):72-4; discussion 81-2. Epub 2005 Dec 8. No abstract available. PMID: 16339593 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Epidemiologic aspects of overweight and obesity in the United States.

Flegal KM.

Physiol Behav. 2005 Dec 15;86(5):599-602. Epub 2005 Oct 19. Review.PMID: 16242735 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Body mass index of healthy men compared with healthy women in the United States.

Flegal KM.

Int J Obes (Lond). 2006 Feb;30(2):374-9.PMID: 16189499 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The relative contributions of lean tissue mass and fat mass to bone density in young women.

Wang MC, Bachrach LK, Van Loan M, Hudes M, Flegal KM, Crawford PB.

Bone. 2005 Oct;37(4):474-81.PMID: 16040285 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Estimating the impact of obesity.

Flegal KM.

Soz Praventivmed. 2005;50(2):73-4. No abstract available. PMID: 15900958 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Secular trends in cardiovascular disease risk factors according to body mass index in US adults.

Gregg EW, Cheng YJ, Cadwell BL, Imperatore G, Williams DE, Flegal KM, Narayan KM, Williamson DF.

JAMA. 2005 Apr 20;293(15):1868-74. Erratum in: JAMA. 2005 Jul 13;294(2):182. PMID: 15840861 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Excess deaths associated with underweight, overweight, and obesity.

Flegal KM, Graubard BI, Williamson DF, Gail MH.

JAMA. 2005 Apr 20;293(15):1861-7.PMID: 15840860 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Detecting obesity based on skinfold thicknesses.

Cole TJ, Flegal K, Dietz WH.

Am J Clin Nutr. 2005 Jan;81(1):196; author reply 196-7. No abstract available. PMID: 15640480 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Mean body weight, height, and body mass index, United States 1960-2002.

Ogden CL, Fryar CD, Carroll MD, Flegal KM.

Adv Data. 2004 Oct 27;(347):1-17.PMID: 15544194 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Prevalence and trends in overweight in Mexican-american adults and children.

Flegal KM, Ogden CL, Carroll MD.

Nutr Rev. 2004 Jul;62(7 Pt 2):S144-8. Review.PMID: 15387481 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Estimating deaths attributable to obesity in the United States.

Flegal KM, Williamson DF, Pamuk ER, Rosenberg HM.

Am J Public Health. 2004 Sep;94(9):1486-9. Review.PMID: 15333299 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Methods of calculating deaths attributable to obesity.

Flegal KM, Graubard BI, Williamson DF.

Am J Epidemiol. 2004 Aug 15;160(4):331-8.PMID: 15286018 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Prevalence of overweight and obesity among US children, adolescents, and adults, 1999-2002.

Hedley AA, Ogden CL, Johnson CL, Carroll MD, Curtin LR, Flegal KM.

JAMA. 2004 Jun 16;291(23):2847-50.PMID: 15199035 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Fraction of premature deaths in the Canadian population that were attributable to overweight and obesity.

Flegal KM, Williamson DF, Graubard BI.

Can J Public Health. 2004 May-Jun;95(3):235; author reply 235. No abstract available. PMID: 15191140 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Epidemiologic trends in overweight and obesity.

Ogden CL, Carroll MD, Flegal KM.

Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 2003 Dec;32(4):741-60, vii. Review.PMID: 14711060 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Body mass index and obesity-related metabolic disorders in Taiwanese and US whites and blacks: implications for definitions of overweight and obesity for Asians.

Pan WH, Flegal KM, Chang HY, Yeh WT, Yeh CJ, Lee WC.

Am J Clin Nutr. 2004 Jan;79(1):31-9.PMID: 14684394 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Obesity and cancer.

Flegal KM, Williamson DF, Graubard BI.

N Engl J Med. 2003 Jul 31;349(5):502-4; author reply 502-4. No abstract available. PMID: 12892101 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Serum selenium levels in the US population: Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1994.

Niskar AS, Paschal DC, Kieszak SM, Flegal KM, Bowman B, Gunter EW, Pirkle JL, Rubin C, Sampson EJ, McGeehin M.

Biol Trace Elem Res. 2003 Jan;91(1):1-10.PMID: 12713024 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Development of bioelectrical impedance analysis prediction equations for body composition with the use of a multicomponent model for use in epidemiologic surveys.

Sun SS, Chumlea WC, Heymsfield SB, Lukaski HC, Schoeller D, Friedl K, Kuczmarski RJ, Flegal KM, Johnson CL, Hubbard VS.

Am J Clin Nutr. 2003 Feb;77(2):331-40.PMID: 12540391 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Body composition estimates from NHANES III bioelectrical impedance data.

Chumlea WC, Guo SS, Kuczmarski RJ, Flegal KM, Johnson CL, Heymsfield SB, Lukaski HC, Friedl K, Hubbard VS.

Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 2002 Dec;26(12):1596-609.PMID: 12461676 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Prevalence and trends in overweight among US children and adolescents, 1999-2000.

Ogden CL, Flegal KM, Carroll MD, Johnson CL.

JAMA. 2002 Oct 9;288(14):1728-32.PMID: 12365956 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Prevalence and trends in obesity among US adults, 1999-2000.

Flegal KM, Carroll MD, Ogden CL, Johnson CL.

JAMA. 2002 Oct 9;288(14):1723-7.PMID: 12365955 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Overweight children and adolescents: description, epidemiology, and demographics.

Troiano RP, Flegal KM.

Pediatrics. 1998 Mar;101(3 Pt 2):497-504. Review.PMID: 12224656 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles