Guidelines for healthy weight

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 341, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 427-434

  Willett, Walter C ^a   Dietz, William H ^a   Colditz, Graham A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLELITHIASIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGING; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0033527025     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199908053410607     Document Type: Review

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