Review article: The aetiology of obesity: A global and ethnic perspective

Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 84-89

  Van der Merwe, M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYPEPTIDASE H; CORTICOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; FURIN; GROWTH HORMONE; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INSULIN DEFICIENCY; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0035673163     PISSN: 16089677     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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