Introductory lecture: The epidemiology and determinants of obesity in developed and developing countries

International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 157-162

  Shetty, Prakash ^a   Schmidhuber, Josef ^a  

^a FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Determinents of obesity; Developed countries; Developing countries; Epidemiology of obesity; Obesity

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRIVING ABILITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; STUNTING SYNDROME; URBANIZATION; UTERUS CANCER; WEIGHT GAIN;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; URBANIZATION;

CITRUS MACROPHYLLA;

EID: 33846631904     PISSN: 03009831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0300-9831.76.4.157     Document Type: Conference Paper

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