Obesity is not a choice: Editorial

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 371-372

  Sharma, Arya M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; OBESITY; SOCIAL STATUS; WEIGHT GAIN; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; LIFESTYLE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; OBESITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 67651146644     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2009.00619.x     Document Type: Editorial

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