Myths, presumptions, and facts about obesity

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 368, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 446-454

  Casazza, Krista ^a   Fontaine, Kevin R ^a   Astrup, Arne ^d   Birch, Leann L ^e   Brown, Andrew W ^c   Bohan Brown, Michelle M ^a   Durant, Nefertiti ^a   Dutton, Gareth ^b   Foster, E Michael ^a   Heymsfield, Steven B ^f   McIver, Kerry ^g   Mehta, Tapan ^a   Menachemi, Nir ^a   Newby, P K ^h   Pate, Russell ^g   Rolls, Barbara J ^e   Sen, Bisakha ^a   Smith, Daniel L ^a   Thomas, Diana M ⁱ   Allison, David B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^h BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CYCLING; DIET; EATING HABIT; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENVIRONMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAST FOOD; FRUIT; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; MEAL; OBESITY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VEGETABLE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84873033923     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa1208051     Document Type: Article

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