The obesity epidemic: Looking in the mirror

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 243-245

  Kumanyika, Shiriki K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDITORIAL; ENERGY BALANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; ETHNICITY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENERGY INTAKE; EUROPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALNUTRITION; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547655316     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwm169     Document Type: Editorial

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