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Iowa State study finds prevalence of overweight among Iowa prep linemen

January 23, 2007

Iowa State study finds prevalence of overweight among Iowa prep linemen


Two Iowa State University researchers in health and human performance found that nine percent of Iowa high school linemen have body mass indexes that suggest severe obesity.

Kelly Laurson, a graduate student, and Joey Eisenmann, an associate professor, co-wrote the study, which will appear in the Jan. 24/31 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. More.