Medically diagnosed overweight and weight loss in a US national survey

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-26

  Singh, Siddharth ^a   Lopez Jimenez, Francisco ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Overweight; Physician diagnosis; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADOLESCENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK REDUCTION; SELF CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OVERWEIGHT; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SELF CARE; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953554342     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2010.04.013     Document Type: Article

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