Trends in BMI and obesity in U.S. women of childbearing age during the period of 1980–2010

Mayorga, Marı́a E.; Reifsnider, Odette; Yi, Zinan; Hunt, Kelly J.

doi:10.1057/hs.2014.29

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“…Childbearing-aged women (15 to 44 years) are vulnerable to becoming overweight or obese, leading to chronic diseases like Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases (Bastien, Poirier, Lemieux, & Després, 2014). In the United States, obesity prevalence among childbearing-aged women more than doubled between 1980 and 2010 (Mayorga, Reifsnider, Yi, & Hunt, 2014). Obesity rates are higher for minority women (May, Freedman, Sherry, & Blanck, 2013), a difference partially attributed to educational attainment and income (Chaffee, Abrams, Cohen, & Rehkopf, 2015; Flegal, Kruszon-Moran, Carroll, Fryar, & Ogden, 2016).…”

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