Association of all-cause mortality with overweight and obesity using standard body mass index categories: a systematic review and meta-analysis

KM Flegal, BK Kit, H Orpana, BI Graubard - Jama, 2013 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Estimates of the relative mortality risks associated with normal weight,
overweight, and obesity may help to inform decision making in the clinical setting. Objective …

Association of body mass index and mortality after acute ischemic stroke

LE Skolarus, BN Sanchez, DA Levine… - … Quality and Outcomes, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—The prevalence of severe obesity is rising in the United States. Although mild
to moderately elevated body mass index (BMI) is associated with reduced mortality after …

The influence of 6-n-propylthiouracil bitterness, fungiform papilla count and saliva flow on the perception of pressure and fat

R Nachtsheim, E Schlich - Food Quality and Preference, 2013 - Elsevier
It has been suggested that variations in oral physiology influence the ability to perceive fat.
The aim of this study was to investigate how fungiform papilla count on the tongue tip, 6-n …

Risk for increased utilization and adverse health outcomes among men served by the Veterans Health Administration

RJ Larson, HG Welch - Military medicine, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Using data from a nationally representative survey, we evaluated the prevalence of multiple
risk factors known to predict increased health care utilization and adverse health outcomes …

The influence of oral phenotypic markers and fat perception on fat intake during a breakfast buffet and in a 4-day food record

R Nachtsheim, E Schlich - Food quality and preference, 2014 - Elsevier
The ability to discriminate among foods with different fat contents has been associated with
preference for high-fat foods and total fat intake. Consequently, oral phenotypic markers that …

Links between peer relationships in middle childhood, negative affect and social connectedness in early adolescence, and BMI in early adulthood

B McDaniel - 2014 - search.proquest.com
Although it has been well documented that overweight and obese children and adolescents
frequently experience difficulties in their peer relationships, significant gaps remain in the …

Body mass index and all-cause mortality: a systematic review and nonlinear dose-response meta-analysis of 230 prospective studies with 3.74 million deaths among …

A Sen - 2015 - bmj.com
Tonstad, Serena; Oslo University Hospital Ullevål, Oslo, Norway, Department of Preventive
Cardiology Romundstad, Pal; Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and …

Revisiting mothers' pensions: A critique of a social science classic and a new analysis

SJ Olasky, DF Greenberg - On the Cross Road of Polity, Political …, 2017 - emerald.com
We identify methodological weaknesses in a paper by Skocpol, Abend-Wein, Howard, and
Lehmann (1993) on the origins of mothers' pensions in the American states in the early …

Modelling continuous data

MM Finkelstein - CMAJ, 2005 - Can Med Assoc
Gilbert Welch and colleagues have written an interesting essay contrasting continuous and
categorical approaches to modelling the relation between exposure and health effects. 1 …