The obesity epidemic is a worldwide phenomenon

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 56, Issue 4 I, 1998, Pages 106-114

  Popkin, Barry M ^a   Doak, Colleen M ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DIETARY INTAKE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; OBESITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031959781     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1998.tb01722.x     Document Type: Article

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