Weight science: Evaluating the evidence for a paradigm shift

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Bacon, Linda ^a   Aphramor, Lucy ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^c WALSGRAVE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIET; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EATING DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXERCISE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PEER REVIEW; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL STATUS; WEIGHT FLUCTUATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; SELF CONCEPT;

LIPID;

ADIPOSITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; EATING DISORDERS; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 78751649862     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-10-9     Document Type: Review

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