A simple estimate of mortality attributable to excess weight in the European Union

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 201-208

  Banegas, J R ^a   Lopez Garcia E ^a   Gutierrez Fisac J L ^a   Guallar Castillon P ^a   Rodriguez Artalejo F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Attributable deaths; Body mass index; Europe; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OBESITY; RISK;

EID: 0037324427     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601538     Document Type: Article

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