Trends and correlates of class 3 obesity in the United States from 1990 through 2000

JAMA

Volumn 288, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 1758-1761

  Freedman, David S ^a   Khan, Laura Kettel ^a   Serdula, Mary K ^a   Galuska, Deborah A ^a   Dietz, William H ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT;

EID: 0037048640     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.288.14.1758     Document Type: Article

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