Comorbidities of overweight and obesity: Current evidence and research issues

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 31, Issue 11 SUPPL., 1999, Pages

  Xavier Pi Sunyer, F ^a,b  

^a Columbia Univ Coll Phys Surgs ^*  (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease; Fat; Fat distribution; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY FAT; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY RISK; DYSLIPIDEMIA; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0344541694     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199911001-00019     Document Type: Article

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