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To report 30-year (1985–2015) prevalence trends in overweight, obesity and abdominal obesity among children by school level and socioeconomic status (SES).
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Modelling obesity trends in Australia: unravelling the past and predicting the future
Modelling is increasingly being used to predict the epidemiology of obesity progression and its consequences. The aims of this study were: (a) to present and validate a model for prediction of obesity among Au...
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Age-specific changes in BMI and BMI distribution among Australian adults using cross-sectional surveys from 1980 to 2008
Research efforts have focused mainly on trends in obesity among populations, or changes in mean body mass index (BMI), without consideration of changes in BMI across the BMI spectrum. Examination of age-specif...
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OBJECTIVE: Body mass index (BMI) based on self‐reported height and weight is a systematically biased, but acceptable measure of adiposity and is commonly used in population surveys. Recent studies indicate tha...
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The association between television viewing and overweight among Australian adults participating in varying levels of leisure-time physical activity
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High-dose chemotherapy, autologous bone marrow or stem cell transplantation and post-transplant consolidation chemotherapy in patients with advanced breast cancer
This study was designed to determine the complete response (CR) rate, event-free survival (EFS) and overall survival (OS) in patients with metastatic breast cancer treated with an adriamycin-based induction re...