What are the health risks? The medical consequences of obesity and its health risks

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 106, Issue , 1998, Pages 1-6

  Philip, W ^a   James, T ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

consequences; health; Obesity; risks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0032254322     PISSN: 09477349     EISSN: 14393646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1212028     Document Type: Article

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