The continuing epidemics of obesity and diabetes in the United States

Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 286, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1195-1200

  Mokdad, Ali H ^a   Bowman, Barbara A ^a   Ford, Earl S ^a   Vinicor, Frank ^a   Marks, James S ^a   Koplan, Jeffrey P ^b  

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

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0035850402     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.286.10.1195     Document Type: Article

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