Obesity: A medical history

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 31-36

  Haslam, D ^a  

^a Bulls Green Farm   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diet; History; Nutrition; Obesity

Indexed keywords

BODY BUILD; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENERGY BALANCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FOOD INTAKE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OBESITY; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; FERTILITY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 33847025198     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2007.00314.x     Document Type: Review

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