Epidemiology of obesity and its link to heart disease

Metabolism

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1995, Pages 1-3

  Stern, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; OBESITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BLACKS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT LOSS; WHITES;

EID: 0029372630     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0026-0495(95)90309-7     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Obesity as an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease: A 26-year follow-up of participants in the Framingham heart study
2. Coronary heart disease: Overweight and obesity as risk factors
3. Variations in mortality by weight among 750,000 men and women
4. Overweight and mortality in Mexican Americans
5. Mortality as a function of obesity and diabetes mellitus
6. Increasing prevalence of overweight among US adults
7. Weight loss and subsequent death in a cohort of US adults