Obesity Prevalence Among U.S. Adults With and Without Disabilities
Differences in age, sex, race-Hispanic origin, education, smoking, and health status do not explain the difference in obesity prevalence between those with and without disabilities. Obesity prevalence among adults with disabilities was higher than that from studies using self-reported values.
Authors
- Fryar Cd
- Cynthia L. Ogden (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1147-7157)
- Julie Weeks
- Catharine A. Couch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4568-8609)
- Chia‐Yih Wang
Institutions
- National Center for Health Statistics (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Obesity
- Published
- 2026-02-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.70146
- Primary Topic
- Down syndrome and intellectual disability research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00