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International Journal of Epidemiology, doi:10.1093/ije/dyi298
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Commentary: Obesity and cardiovascular disease risk among the young and old--is BMI the wrong benchmark?

Alan J. Flint 1 and Eric B. Rimm 2 *

1 Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; Departments of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
2 Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; Departments of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Eric B. Rimm, E-mail: erimm{at}hsph.harvard.edu



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