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The prevalence of obesity in the United States has been increasing at an alarming rate over the past twenty years. According to the 2003 – 2004 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), approximately 66 percent of U.S. adults are either overweight or obese. This has a dramatic effect on health care providers, who must equip their facilities with larger beds, larger wheelchairs and procedure tables capable of supporting weights approaching 1000 lbs (450 kg).
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McDonald, E., Hartman, R.P., McCollough, C. (2008). Body: Obese Mode. In: Seidensticker, P.R., Hofmann, L.K. (eds) Dual Source CT Imaging. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77602-4_17
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