Commentary: Obesity and mortality - Light at the end but still a long tunnel

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-22

  Caballero, Benjamin ^a   Wang, Youfa ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; MORTALITY;

BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FITNESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NOTE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

FORECASTING; HUMANS; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 32144463308     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyi252     Document Type: Note

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