Definitions and demographics of obesity: Diagnosis and risk factors

Anesthesiology Clinics of North America

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 397-403

  Polk, Susan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; LEPTIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CONTROL; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EPIDEMIC; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FOOD INTAKE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; INCIDENCE; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; WEIGHT GAIN;

HUMANS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 22144471500     PISSN: 08898537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atc.2005.03.005     Document Type: Review

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