America's obesity epidemic and women's health

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 329-334

  Manson, Joann E ^a   Vanitallie, Theodore B ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY FAT; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING CESSATION; STROKE; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 10144247245     PISSN: 10597115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.1996.5.329     Document Type: Review

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