TY - JOUR T1 - Obesity in a Somerset town: prevalence and relationship to morbidity JF - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners JO - J R Coll Gen Pract SP - 328 LP - 330 VL - 34 IS - 263 AU - M. G. Dawes Y1 - 1984/06/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/34/263/328.abstract N2 - Body mass index was determined for 953 subjects, randomly selected from the electoral roll of a town in south-west England. Morbidity was estimated using a questionnaire. The prevalence of obesity (body mass index < 28) was 21 per cent for males and 22 per cent for females. Overall morbidity was significantly increased in obese females. The three main disease groups that were more prevalent in both the obese males and females were hypertension, cardiovascular disease and musculoskeletal disorders. ER -