Treatment and prevention of obesity: What works, what doesn't work, and what might work

Lipids

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 147-155

  Allison, David B ^a   Weber, Mary T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL LABORATORIES; OILS AND FATS; PATIENT MONITORING;

MORTALITY RATE; OBESITY;

DISEASES;

AMFEPRAMONE; AMPHETAMINE; BENZOCAINE; BENZPHETAMINE; DEXFENFLURAMINE; FENFLURAMINE; FLUOXETINE; MAZINDOL; PHENTERMINE; PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE; SIBUTRAMINE; TETRAHYDROLIPSTATIN;

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BODY MASS INDEX; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PUBLIC HEALTH; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0037316237     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11745-003-1045-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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