The epidemiology and aetiology of obesity: A global challenge

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Anaesthesiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-9

  Selassie, Meron ^a   Sinha, Ashish C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

genetics versus environment; obesity trends; paediatric obesity; predictions for future; weight versus BMI

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE 1; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELEVISION VIEWING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 79952600399     PISSN: 15216896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpa.2011.01.002     Document Type: Review

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