Global trends in body-mass index

The Lancet

Volumn 377, Issue 9781, 2011, Pages 1917-

  Stefan, Norbert ^a   Kantartzis, Konstantinos ^a   MacHann, Jürgen ^a   Schick, Fritz ^a   Häring, Hans Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LETTER; NUTRITION; OBESITY; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NOTE; RISK FACTOR;

BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 79958123839     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60805-2     Document Type: Letter

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