Currently, over 30% of American adults are classified as obese (Body Mass Index, BMI ≥ 30) (Ogden, Carroll, Curtin, McDowell, Tabak and Flegal 2006). Obesity is a major public health concern since it is strongly associated with diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, stroke, sleep-disordered breathing, metabolic syndrome and some forms of cancer.
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Wood, H.E. et al. (2008). The Ventilatory Response to Exercise Does Not Differ Between Obese Women With and Without Dyspnea on Exertion. In: Poulin, M.J., Wilson, R.J.A. (eds) Integration in Respiratory Control. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 605. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-73693-8_90
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