World pandemic of obesity - Any hope of its being controlled?

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 598-600

  Walker, Alexander R P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0041823546     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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