Impairment of health and quality of life using new US federal guidelines for the identification of obesity

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 837-843

  Lean, Michael E J ^a   Han, Thang S ^a   Seidell, Jacob C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE FINDING; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RISK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033606091     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.159.8.837     Document Type: Article

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