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A 2004 analysis of National Health Interview Survey data indicates that the extent to which obesity contributes to disability "varies by age group, but it is clearly the dominant factor for those ages 50-59." Among this age group, disability increased only among the obese [and not among the non-obese]. In comparison, "obesity accounts for about half of the increased disability among those ages 18-29; about one-quarter for those ages 30-39; and about one-tenth for those ages 40-49." (Exhibit 4, p. 172)
Lakdawalla, D. N., Bhattacharya, J., & Goldman, D. P. (2004). Are the young becoming more disabled? Health Affairs (Project Hope), 23(1), 168-176.
This study analyzed data from the "National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) from 1984 to 2000, which contain individual-level information on the demographic and health status of a nationally representative sample of the U.S. civilian, noninstitutionalized population." (p. 169)
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