Body weight reduction to avoid the excess risk of type 2 diabetes

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 62, Issue 599, 2012, Pages

  Wald, Nicholas J ^a   Bestwick, Jonathan P ^a   Morris, Joan K ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Overweight; Primary care; Risk reduction; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; HUMAN; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84862511913     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp12X649098     Document Type: Article

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