Obesity: Overview of an epidemic

Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 717-732

  Mitchell, Nia S ^a   Catenacci, Victoria A ^a   Wyatt, Holly R ^a   Hill, James O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Epidemic; Health risks; Obesity

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EPIDEMIC; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; UNDERWEIGHT; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN;

ENERGY METABOLISM; EPIDEMICS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 81355164063     PISSN: 0193953X     EISSN: 15583147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psc.2011.08.005     Document Type: Review

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