Severe obesity: Expensive to society, frustrating to treat, but important to confront

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 1995, Pages 895-902

  Martin, Louis F ^a   Hunter, Saundra MacD ^a   Lauve, Richard M ^a   O’Leary, J Patrick ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENFLURAMINE; PHENTERMINE;

BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIET THERAPY; DISABILITY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMAN; OBESITY, MORBID; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029081813     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: 15418243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199509000-00001     Document Type: Review

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