Obesity in US children and adults

JAMA

Volumn 307, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 2145-

  Sauaia, Angela ^a   Byers, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCOME; LETTER; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; BODY MASS; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE;

BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY;

EID: 84861366843     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.4726     Document Type: Letter

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