TY - JOUR AU - Pasco, Julie A. AU - Brennan, Sharon L. AU - Kotowicz, Mark A. PY - 2013 DA - 2013/04/02 TI - Morbid obesity in women on the rise: an observational, population-based study JO - BMC Public Health SP - 290 VL - 13 IS - 1 AB - The obesity epidemic is generally monitored by the proportion of the population whose body mass index (BMI) exceeds 30 kg/m2 but this masks the growing proportion of those who are morbidly obese. This issue is important as the adverse health risks amplify as the level of obesity increases. The aim of this study was to determine how the prevalence of morbid obesity (BMI ≥ 40.0 kg/m2) has changed over a decade among women living in south-eastern Australia. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-290 DO - 10.1186/1471-2458-13-290 ID - Pasco2013 ER -