Increasing prevalence of overweight among Wisconsin adults, 1989-1998

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 53-56

  Russell, Angela ^a,b   Remington, Patrick ^a,b,e   Rumm, Peter ^a,c   Haase, Rosalyn ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UW   (United States)

^c Bur Chron Dis Prev Hlth Prom   (United States)

^d Medford Clinic   (United States)

^e Medford Clinic ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER; CANCER RISK; CORONARY RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0033943321     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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