Obesity reduction within a generation: The dual roles of prevention and treatment

Obesity

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2107-2110

  Lee, Joyce M ^a   Lee, Hedwig ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SIMULATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BENCHMARKING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; GOALS; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053261613     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2011.199     Document Type: Article

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