January 19, 2005

CDC corrects obesity death over-estimation

In a letter in this week's JAMA, the CDC admits that a March 2004 study overstated by about 35,000 the number of annual obesity-related deaths in the United States. A computer error is blamed.

Since policy can be based on such estimates, it is imperative that good data be published so that good policy can be set.

Posted by schwitz at January 19, 2005 11:14 AM
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