Epidemiologic trends in overweight and obesity

Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 741-760

  Ogden, Cynthia L ^a   Carroll, Margaret D ^a   Flegal, Katherine M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0346102618     PISSN: 08898529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-8529(03)00074-4     Document Type: Review

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