Overweight, obesity, and health risk: National Task Force on the Prevention and Treatment of Obesity

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 898-904

  Yanovski, Susan Z ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b Weight Control Information Network   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CANCER RISK; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; MORTALITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STROKE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0034630441     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.160.7.898     Document Type: Article

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