A war on obesity, not the obese

Science

Volumn 299, Issue 5608, 2003, Pages 856-858

  Friedman, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

OBESITY;

DISEASE CONTROL;

EVOLUTION; WEIGHT;

BODY WEIGHT; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXERCISE; FOOD INTAKE; HEART DISEASE; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENES; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; HUNGER; INCIDENCE; LEPTIN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SELECTION (GENETICS); UNITED STATES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0037423247     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1079856     Document Type: Short Survey

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38. I thank S. Korres for assistance in preparing this manuscript; H. Stoffel, J. Breslow, S. Heymesfield, P. Cohen, A. Soukas, and S. O'Rahilly for helpful comments; and K. Flegal for generously providing advice, data, and figures. Supported by NIH grant R01-DK41096.