Session 1: Obesity: The most extensive non-communicable disease of the 21st century. What are the health risks? The medical consequences of obesity and its health risks

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 106, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1998, Pages 1-6

  James, W Philip T ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consequences; Health; Obesity; Risks

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BONE MASS; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENDER; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; METABOLIC DISORDER; MUSCLE MASS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0031719769     PISSN: 09477349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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