Obesity: An Epidemic

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 531-532

  Hamdy, Ronald C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; ADULT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042384764     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000073570.34104.B1     Document Type: Editorial

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