Obesity: Overview of an epidemic

Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-23

  Hill, James O ^a   Catenacci, Vicki ^a   Wyatt, Holly R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENERGY BALANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; LUNG DISEASE; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OBESITY; ORTHOPEDICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKIN DISEASE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 14044274930     PISSN: 0193953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psc.2004.09.010     Document Type: Review

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