Obesity in Britain: Gluttony or sloth?

BMJ

Volumn 311, Issue 7002, 1995, Pages 437-

  Prentice, Andrew M ^a   Jebb, Susan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALORIC INTAKE; DIETARY INTAKE; EXERCISE; FAT INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATIETY; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED KINGDOM;

DIET; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0029068682     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.311.7002.437     Document Type: Article

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