Obesity: Chasing an Elusive Epidemic

Hastings Center Report

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 34-40

  Callahan, Daniel ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD PACKAGING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STIGMA; UNITED STATES;

BODY MASS INDEX; CAUSALITY; FOOD LABELING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STIGMA; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84872368691     PISSN: 00930334     EISSN: 1552146X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hast.114     Document Type: Article

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