Global obesity: Trends, risk factors and policy implications

Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-27

  Malik, Vasanti S ^a   Willett, Walter C ^a   Hu, Frank B ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; SUGAR;

ARGENTINA; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAZIL; CALORIC INTAKE; CANADA; CHILE; CHINA; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; DIETARY INTAKE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY BALANCE; FAT INTAKE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INCOME; INDIA; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LIFESTYLE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALNUTRITION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA; SUGAR INTAKE; SWITZERLAND; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION;

HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84871090162     PISSN: 17595029     EISSN: 17595037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrendo.2012.199     Document Type: Review

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