Martin Neovius, PhD

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Trends in Overweight and Obesity among Swedish
Men 17-20 years of age (1969-2005)

• Martin Neovius, PhD
• Finn Rasmussen, MD/PhD
• Karolinska Institute
• Stockholm, Sweden

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Overweight

• BMI 25
• Height and weight measured at mandatory military
  conscription tests
• Age 18.3y (SD 0.4y range 17-20y))
• n1.5 million

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Obesity

• BMI 30
• Height and weight measured at mandatory military
  conscription tests
• Age 18.3y (SD 0.4y range 17-20y)
• n1.5 million

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Obesity and Morbid Obesity (1969-2005)
Neovius M, Teixeira-Pinto A, Rasmussen F. Shift
in the composition of obesity in young adult men
in Sweden over a third of a century. Int J Obes
(Lond). May 200832(5)832-836.
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Details on study population
Neovius M, Teixeira-Pinto A, Rasmussen F. Shift
in the composition of obesity in young adult men
in Sweden over a third of a century. Int J Obes
(Lond). May 200832(5)832-836. Neovius M,
Rasmussen F. Place of residence and obesity in
1,578,694 young Swedish men between 1969 and
2005. Obesity (Silver Spring). Mar
200816(3)671-676.