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Body-Mass Index and Mortality among 1.46 Million White Adults

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2010

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Amy Berrington de González, Patricia Hartge, James R. Cerhan, Alan Flint, Lindsay M. Hannan, Robert J. MacInnis, Steven C. Moore, Geoffrey S. Tobias, Hoda Anton‐Culver, Laura Beane Freeman,

New England Journal of Medicine

Abstract

In white adults, overweight and obesity (and possibly underweight) are associated with increased all-cause mortality. All-cause mortality is generally lowest with a BMI of 20.0 to 24.9.

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