Being correct about obesity

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 194, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 429-430

  Welborn, Timothy A ^a   Dhaliwal, Satvinder S ^b  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIET THERAPY; DRUG COST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNICITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; KINESIOTHERAPY; LETTER; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LIPID COMPOSITION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEOPLASM; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING HABIT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 79955494293     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03047.x     Document Type: Letter

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