The trend of mean BMI values of US adults, birth cohorts 1882-1986 indicates that the obesity epidemic began earlier than hitherto thought.

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Published in Am J Hum Biol on August 25, 2010

Authors

John Komlos1, Marek Brabec

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Economics, University of Munich, Ludwigstrasse 33/IV, 80539 Munich, Germany.

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