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unrepentant progress

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Wed Apr 10, 2013, 12:17 PM Apr 2013

Obesity and altitude

So the lesson is... If you want to lose weight, move to Denver?

"Recently, we’ve identified a strong association between obesity prevalence and altitude within the US. Our findings were surprising because they indicated the magnitude of this association was large and the pattern of association exhibited a curvilinear dose response in 500 meter categories of altitude. There was a 4-5 fold increase in obesity prevalence at low altitude as compared with the highest altitude category after controlling for diet, activity level, smoking, demographics, temperature, and urbanization."

http://blogs.plos.org/obesitypanacea/2013/04/10/obesity-and-altitude
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Obesity and altitude (Original Post) unrepentant progress Apr 2013 OP
Life begins at 8000 feet. bemildred Apr 2013 #1
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