Don't throw the baby out with the bath water

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 347-349

  Bray, George A ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY FAT; BODY GROWTH; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EDITORIAL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIPID ANALYSIS; MORBID OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; NOTE; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 1642310407     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/79.3.347     Document Type: Editorial

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