Commentary: Obesity is not a newly recognized public health problem - A commentary of Breslow's 1952 paper on 'public health aspects of weight control'

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 14-16

  Simmons, Rebecca K ^a   Wareham, Nicholas J ^a  

^a MRC EPIDEMIOLOGY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOBESITY AGENT;

BODY CONDITION;

BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROL STRATEGY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIC; EXERCISE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NOTE; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH SURGERY; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION;

EID: 32144432080     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyi251     Document Type: Note

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