Confronting the obesity epidemic: Call to arms

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-2

  Lee, Yung Seng ^a,b   So, Jimmy B Y ^a   Deurenberg Yap, Mabel ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EDITORIAL; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 60049096361     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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