It's a fat, fat, fat, fat world!

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 869-870

  Deitel, M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ABSENTEEISM; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMORBIDITY; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; EXERCISE; FITNESS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LIPID DIET; MALNUTRITION; MORBID OBESITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; HUMANS; OBESITY;

EID: 4143146394     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/0960892041719536     Document Type: Editorial

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