Social and economic effects of body weight in the United States

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 63, Issue 3 SUPPL., 1996, Pages

  Wolf, Anne M ^b   Colditz, Graham A ^a  

^a CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

body weight; cost of illness; Economics; health care costs; health expenditures; obesity; weight gain

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CONFERENCE PAPER; GALLSTONE; HEALTH CARE COST; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0029978362     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/63.3.466     Document Type: Conference Paper

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