Obesity and the metabolic syndrome: The stress on society

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1083, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-10

  James, W P T ^a,b   Rigby, N ^a   Leach, R ^a  

^a International Obesity TaskForce   (United Kingdom)

^b IASO/IOTF Offices   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnic differences; Health burden; Insulin resistance; Obesity

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ASIA; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CHILDHOOD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIGENETICS; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33845607575     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1367.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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