Is the health burden associated with obesity changing?

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 176, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 840-845

  Peeters, Anna ^a   Backholer, Kathryn ^a  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

chronic disease; mortality; obesity; risk; trends

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; OBESITY; PRIORITIZATION; RISK FACTOR;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MORTALITY; OBESITY; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COST OF ILLNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869078450     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws328     Document Type: Review

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