Morbid obesity in Taiwan: Prevalence, trends, associated social demographics, and lifestyle factors

• Heng-Cheng Chang,

  Affiliations Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Hsin-Chou Yang,

  Affiliation Institute of Statistical Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Hsing-Yi Chang,

  Affiliation Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli County, Taiwan

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• Chih-Jung Yeh,

  Affiliation School of Public Health, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Hsin-Hung Chen,

  Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Health Science, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Kuo-Chin Huang,

  Affiliation Department of Family Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Wen-Harn Pan

  * E-mail: pan@ibms.sinica.edu.tw

  Affiliations Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli County, Taiwan

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