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Excess Adiposity Without Obesity in a High-Risk Population

JAMA Network Open 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.35194

October 03, 2025 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This cross-sectional study estimates excess adiposity in Mexican-American individuals with and without obesity enrolled in the Cameron County Hispanic Cohort.

Corresponding Authors: Penny Gordon-Larsen, PhD, Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 312 South Building, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 (pglarsen@unc.edu); Kari E. North, PHD, MA, Department of Internal Medicine, McGovern Medical School, UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, 780 Ringgold Rd, Brownsville, TX 78520-4979 (kari.e.north@uth.tmc.edu).

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