Trends in body weight and overweight in the U.S. population

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 54, Issue 4 II, 1996, Pages

  Flegal, Katherine M ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030016753     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1996.tb03903.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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