Context for the PorGrow study: Europe's obesity crisis

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages 7-16

  Lobstein, T ^a   Millstone, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Europe; Obesity costs; Obesity policy; Obesity trends

Indexed keywords

CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CYPRUS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPE; FINLAND; FRANCE; GREECE; GROWTH; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; ITALY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLAND; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; EUROPE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION POLICY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33947325470     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2007.00354.x     Document Type: Review

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