Is the treatment of obesity futile?

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Havrankova, Jana ^a  

^a Clinique Familiale Saint Lambert   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOW CALORY DIET; OBESITY; SHORT SURVEY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL FUTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84861466557     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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