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ArticleThe American journal of medicine2014

Obesity, abdominal obesity, physical activity, and caloric intake in US adults: 1988 to 2010.

Uri Ladabaum, Ajitha Mannalithara, Parvathi A Myer, Gurkirpal Singh

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Article in The American journal of medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04517396 (FEnofibRate as a Metabolic INtervention for Coronavirus Disease 2019), which is not on this map. Cited by 132 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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132citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04517396 phase2completednot on this mapstarted 2020, after this paper: background citation

FEnofibRate as a Metabolic INtervention for Coronavirus Disease 2019

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of PennsylvaniaRan2020 to 2022Enrolled701ConditionsCovid19ArmsFenofibrate/fenofibric acid, Placebo, Usual care
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

132 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 291 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Palmitoylethanolamide in Human and Animal Obesity.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  16. Energy expenditure and obesity across the economic spectrum.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Uri LadabaumDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, Calif; Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, Calif. Electronic address: uri.ladabaum@stanford.edu.
Ajitha MannalitharaDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, Calif; Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, Calif.
Parvathi A MyerDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, Calif; Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, Calif.
Gurkirpal SinghDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, Calif; Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, Calif.
Stanford University · US

Funding

TRAINING GRANT IN ACADEMIC GASTROENTEROLOGYT32DK007056 · NIDDK · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Natalie J. Torok · 1986 to 2026
$6.5M
NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK007056NIDDK NIH HHS T32DK007056
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundObesity and abdominal obesity are associated independently with morbidity and mortality. Physical activity attenuates these risks. We examined trends in obesity, abdominal obesity, physical activity, and caloric intake in US adults from 1988 to 2010.

methodsUnivariate and multivariate analyses were performed using National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data.

resultsAverage body mass index (BMI) increased by 0.37% (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.30-0.44) per year in both women and men. Average waist circumference increased by 0.37% (95% CI, 0.30-0.43) and 0.27% (95% CI, 0.22-0.32) per year in women and men, respectively. The prevalence of obesity and abdominal obesity increased substantially, as did the prevalence of abdominal obesity among overweight adults. Younger women experienced the greatest increases. The proportion of adults who reported no leisure-time physical activity increased from 19.1% (95% CI, 17.3-21.0) to 51.7% (95% CI, 48.9-54.5) in women, and from 11.4% (95% CI, 10.0-12.8) to 43.5% (95% CI, 40.7-46.3) in men. Average daily caloric intake did not change significantly. BMI and waist circumference trends were associated with physical activity level but not caloric intake. The associated changes in adjusted BMIs were 8.3% (95% CI, 6.9-9.6) higher among women and 1.7% (95% CI, 0.68-2.8) higher among men with no leisure-time physical activity compared with those with an ideal level of leisure-time physical activity.

conclusionsOur analyses highlight important dimensions of the public health problem of obesity, including trends in younger women and in abdominal obesity, and lend support to the emphasis placed on physical activity by the Institute of Medicine.

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PMCPMC4524881
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