The spread of the obesity epidemic in the United States, 1991-1998

Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 282, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 1519-1522

  Mokdad, Ali H ^a   Serdula, Mary K ^a   Dietz, William H ^a   Bowman, Barbara A ^a   Marks, James S ^a   Koplan, Jeffrey P ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032697493     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.282.16.1519     Document Type: Article

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