Economic costs of obesity and inactivity

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 31, Issue 11 SUPPL., 1999, Pages

  Colditz, Graham A ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic costs; Inactivity; Morbidity; Obesity; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0032707487     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199911001-00026     Document Type: Article

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