Obesity reduction and its possible consequences: What can we learn from Cuba's Special Period?

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 178, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1032-1034

  Franco, Manuel ^a,c   Orduñez, Pedro ^b   Caballero, Benjamín ^c   Cooper, Richard S ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hospital Universitario Dr Gustavo Aldereguia Lima   (Cuba)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CUBA; DIET RESTRICTION; DIETARY INTAKE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; NOTE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION;

EID: 42149153778     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.071677     Document Type: Note

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