How much energy is locked in the USA? Alternative metrics for characterising the magnitude of overweight and obesity derived from BRFSS 2010 data

Daniel Reidpath (), Mohd Masood and Pascale Allotey

International Journal of Public Health, 2014, vol. 59, issue 3, 503-507

Abstract: Four confronting ways of talking about a national overweight and obesity are described. The value of the metrics remains to be tested. Copyright Swiss School of Public Health 2014

Keywords: Obesity; Measurement; Health policy; Population health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/s00038-013-0510-1

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