Obesity: Maintenance of weight loss: Setting our goals higher

Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 657-658

  Bray, George A ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CHILDHOOD; DIET RESTRICTION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXERCISE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES; WALKING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENDOCRINOLOGY; GOALS; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; TIME FACTORS; WATCHFUL WAITING; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 78649405319     PISSN: 17595029     EISSN: 17595037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrendo.2010.172     Document Type: Short Survey

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