Leading avoidable cause of premature deaths worldwide: Case for obesity

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 97-98

  Hennekens, Charles H ^a   Andreotti, Felicita ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

APPETITE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILDHOOD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; METABOLIC RATE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORBID OBESITY; NOTE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SURVIVAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84872553806     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2012.06.018     Document Type: Editorial

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