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K. Flegal

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K. Flegal — researcher profile on SciRah

h-index: 100
Works: 253
Citations: 164K

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Prevalence of Childhood and Adult Obesity in the United States, 2011–2012
C. Ogden, M. Carroll, B. Kit, K. Flegal
2014Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)8,730 citations Open access
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Prevalence and trends in obesity among US adults, 1999-2008.
K. Flegal, M. Carroll, C. Ogden, L. R. Curtin
2010Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)7,950 citations
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Prevalence of obesity and trends in the distribution of body mass index among US adults, 1999-2010.
K. Flegal, M. Carroll, B. Kit, C. Ogden
2012Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)5,498 citations
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Heart disease and stroke statistics--2009 update: a report from the American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee.
D. Lloyd-Jones, R. Adams, M. Carnethon, G. de Simone +31 more
2009Circulation5,171 citations Open access
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Prevalence of obesity and trends in body mass index among US children and adolescents, 1999-2010.
C. Ogden, M. Carroll, B. Kit, K. Flegal
2012Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)4,124 citations Open access
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Association of all-cause mortality with overweight and obesity using standard body mass index categories: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
K. Flegal, B. Kit, H. Orpana, B. Graubard
2013Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)4,019 citations Open access
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Heart disease and stroke statistics--2009 update: a report from the American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee.
D. Lloyd-Jones, R. Adams, M. Carnethon, G. de Simone +31 more
2009Circulation4,010 citations Open access
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Heart disease and stroke statistics--2007 update: a report from the American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee.
W. Rosamond, K. Flegal, K. Furie, A. Go +19 more
2008Circulation3,695 citations
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Prevalence of high body mass index in US children and adolescents, 2007-2008.
C. Ogden, M. Carroll, L. R. Curtin, Molly M. Lamb +1 more
2010Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)3,469 citations
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Trends in Obesity Among Adults in the United States, 2005 to 2014
K. Flegal, D. Kruszon-Moran, M. Carroll, C. Fryar +1 more
2016Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)2,730 citations Open access
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Trends in Obesity Prevalence Among Children and Adolescents in the United States, 1988-1994 Through 2013-2014
C. Ogden, M. Carroll, Hannah G. Lawman, C. Fryar +3 more
2016Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)2,155 citations Open access
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Prevalence of obesity in the United States, 2009-2010.
C. Ogden, M. Carroll, B. Kit, K. Flegal
2012NCHS data brief2,072 citations
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Prevalence of Obesity Among Adults and Youth: United States, 2011-2014.
C. Ogden, M. Carroll, C. Fryar, K. Flegal
2015NCHS data brief1,829 citations
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High body mass index for age among US children and adolescents, 2003-2006.
C. Ogden, M. Carroll, K. Flegal
2008Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)1,730 citations
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Prevalence of obesity in the United States.
C. Ogden, M. Carroll, K. Flegal
2014Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)1,574 citations
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Anthropometric reference data for children and adults: United States, 2003–2006.
M. Mcdowell, C. Fryar, C. Ogden, K. Flegal
2008National health statistics reports1,109 citations
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Comparisons of percentage body fat, body mass index, waist circumference, and waist-stature ratio in adults.
K. Flegal, John A. Shepherd, A. Looker, B. Graubard +5 more
2009American Journal of Clinical Nutrition837 citations Open access
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Evidence that the prevalence of childhood overweight is plateauing: data from nine countries.
T. Olds, C. Maher, Zu-Min Shi, S. Péneau +13 more
2011International Journal of Pediatric Obesity639 citations Open access
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Changes in terminology for childhood overweight and obesity.
C. Ogden, K. Flegal
2010National health statistics reports537 citations
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Prevalence of obesity among adults: United States, 2011-2012.
C. Ogden, M. Carroll, B. Kit, K. Flegal
2013NCHS data brief520 citations
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Obesity and socioeconomic status in adults: United States, 2005-2008.
C. Ogden, Molly M. Lamb, M. Carroll, K. Flegal
2010NCHS data brief499 citations
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Obesity and socioeconomic status in children and adolescents: United States, 2005-2008.
C. Ogden, Molly M. Lamb, M. Carroll, K. Flegal
2010NCHS data brief451 citations
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Epidemiology of Obesity
B. Kit, C. Ogden, K. Flegal
2014434 citations
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Characterizing extreme values of body mass index-for-age by using the 2000 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention growth charts.
K. Flegal, R. Wei, C. Ogden, D. S. Freedman +2 more
2009American Journal of Clinical Nutrition434 citations Open access
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Excess Deaths Associated With Underweight, Overweight, and Obesity: An Evaluation of Potential Bias.
K. Flegal, B. Graubard, D. F. Williamson, M. Gail
2018Vital & health statistics. Series 3, Analytical and epidemiological studies384 citations
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Obesity Paradox in End-Stage Kidney Disease Patients
Jongha Park, S. Ahmadi, E. Streja, M. Molnar +4 more
2013Progress in cardiovascular diseases380 citations Open access
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Construction of LMS parameters for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2000 growth charts.
K. Flegal, T. Cole
2013National health statistics reports318 citations
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High adiposity and high body mass index-for-age in US children and adolescents overall and by race-ethnic group.
K. Flegal, C. Ogden, J. Yanovski, D. S. Freedman +3 more
2010American Journal of Clinical Nutrition260 citations Open access
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Reverse causation and illness-related weight loss in observational studies of body weight and mortality.
K. Flegal, B. Graubard, D. F. Williamson, R. Cooper
2011American Journal of Epidemiology229 citations Open access
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Childhood obesity: are we all speaking the same language?
K. Flegal, C. Ogden
2011Advances in Nutrition214 citations Open access
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Estimates of excess deaths associated with body mass index and other anthropometric variables.
K. Flegal, B. Graubard
2009American Journal of Clinical Nutrition183 citations Open access
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Body Mass Index Categories in Observational Studies of Weight and Risk of Death
K. Flegal, B. Kit, B. Graubard
2014American Journal of Epidemiology174 citations Open access
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Estimating population attributable fractions to quantify the health burden of obesity
K. Flegal, O. Panagiotou, B. Graubard
2014Annals of Epidemiology142 citations Open access
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Smoothed percentage body fat percentiles for U.S. children and adolescents, 1999-2004.
C. Ogden, Yan Li, D. S. Freedman, L. Borrud +1 more
2011National health statistics reports133 citations
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Comparisons of Self-Reported and Measured Height and Weight, BMI, and Obesity Prevalence from National Surveys: 1999–2016
K. Flegal, C. Ogden, C. Fryar, Joseph Afful +2 more
2019Obesity130 citations Open access
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Comparison of the prevalence of shortness, underweight, and overweight among US children aged 0 to 59 months by using the CDC 2000 and the WHO 2006 growth charts.
Z. Mei, C. Ogden, K. Flegal, L. Grummer-Strawn
2008Jornal de Pediatria121 citations
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Body Composition Data for Individuals 8 Years of Age and Older: U.S. Population, 1999–2004
L. Borrud, K. Flegal, A. Looker, J. Everhart +2 more
2010Vital and health statistics. Series 11, Data from the National Health Survey118 citations
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Association of body fat percentage with lipid concentrations in children and adolescents: United States, 1999-2004.
Molly M. Lamb, C. Ogden, M. Carroll, D. Lacher +1 more
2011American Journal of Clinical Nutrition92 citations Open access
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Prevalence of obesity among older adults in the United States, 2007-2010.
Tala H. I. Fakhouri, C. Ogden, Margaret H. D. Carroll, B. Kit +1 more
2012NCHS data brief89 citations
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The Predicted Effects of Chronic Obesity in Middle Age on Medicare Costs and Mortality
Liming Cai, J. Lubitz, K. Flegal, E. Pamuk
2010Medical Care79 citations
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Fifth Phase of the Epidemiologic Transition : The Age of Obesity and Inactivity
K. Flegal, M. Carroll, C. Ogden, L. R. Curtin
201068 citations
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Multiple imputation of missing dual‐energy X‐ray absorptiometry data in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
N. Schenker, Lori G. Borrud, V. Burt, L. R. Curtin +5 more
2011Statistics in Medicine67 citations
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Blood Lead and Other Metal Biomarkers as Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease Mortality
Y. Aoki, D. Brody, K. Flegal, Tala H. I. Fakhouri +2 more
2016Medicine55 citations Open access
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Perspective: Overweight, mortality and survival
K. Flegal, K. Kalantar-Zadeh
2013Obesity51 citations Open access
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Trends in body weight and overweight in the U.S. population.
K. Flegal
2009Nutrition reviews51 citations
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Prescription medication use among normal weight, overweight, and obese adults, United States, 2005-2008.
B. Kit, C. Ogden, K. Flegal
2012Annals of Epidemiology50 citations
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Bias in Hazard Ratios Arising From Misclassification According to Self-Reported Weight and Height in Observational Studies of Body Mass Index and Mortality
K. Flegal, B. Kit, B. Graubard
2018American Journal of Epidemiology45 citations Open access
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Use and Misuse of BMI Categories.
K. Flegal
2023AMA journal of ethics42 citations Open access
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The Obesity Paradox: A Misleading Term That Should Be Abandoned
K. Flegal, J. Ioannidis
2018Obesity42 citations Open access
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Flawed methods and inappropriate conclusions for health policy on overweight and obesity: the Global BMI Mortality Collaboration meta‐analysis
K. Flegal, J. Ioannidis, W. Doehner
2019Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle40 citations Open access
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