title: Is the obesity epidemic exaggerated? Yes.
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins University, 1717 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036, USA. patrickbasham@gmail.com
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Basham
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Luik
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009017:Morbidity; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology