Prevalence of attempting weight loss and strategies for controlling weight

JAMA

Volumn 282, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 1353-1358

  Serdula, Mary K ^a   Mokdad, Ali H ^a   Williamson, David F ^a   Galuska, Deborah A ^a   Mendlein, James M ^a   Heath, Gregory W ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0033552286     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.282.14.1353     Document Type: Article

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