The growing burden of overweight and obesity in contemporary China

CVD Prevention and Control

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-26

  Wu, Yangfeng ^a,b   Huxley, Rachel ^c   Li, Ming ^c   Ma, Jun ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b George Institute   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; EPIDEMIC; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 60849096587     PISSN: 18754570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvdpc.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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