The obesity epidemic in the United States

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 353-366

  Morrill, Allison C ^a   Chinn, Christopher D ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD WELFARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKETING; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTISING; AGED; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; OBESITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 11144282406     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3190035     Document Type: Review

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