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Analysing Obesity Epidemicity and Endemicity: Introducing New Quantitative Indices

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Title: Analysing Obesity Epidemicity and Endemicity: Introducing New Quantitative Indices

Authors: Sanjay Kalra, Madhur Verma, Nitin Kapoor

Journal: Journal of Pakistan Medical Association

HEC Recognition History
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Y 2024-10-01 2025-12-31
X 2023-07-01 2024-09-30
X 2022-07-01 2023-06-30
X 2021-07-01 2022-06-30
X 2020-07-01 2021-06-30
W 2012-07-01 2020-06-30
X 2011-05-13 2012-06-30
Y 1900-01-01 2005-06-30

Publisher: Pakistan Medical Association.

Country: Pakistan

Year: 2025

Volume: 75

Issue: 3

Language: en

DOI: 10.47391/JPMA.25-20

Categories
Biostatistics (822) Public Health (41589) Obesity (578) Epidemiology (17864) Nutrition Science (31)

Abstract

As obesity becomes more and more common, it will get (ormay already have) converted from an epidemic to anendemic. This opinion piece discusses theseepidemiological definitions in the context of obesity andproposes three obesity epidemicity indices to quantifytheir indices. It discusses the rationale behind using suchratios to measure endemicity. The discussion notes how thedifferent ratios give markedly divergent results and call forgreater attention to this aspect of obesity epidemiology.
Keywords: Endemic, epidemic, epidemiology, noncommunicabledisease, overweight, obesity

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