Epidemic obesity in the United States: Are fast foods and television viewing contributing?

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 277-280

  Jeffery, Robert W ^a   French, Simone A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; TELEVISION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0031939785     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.2.277     Document Type: Article

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