Weight changes and health in Cuba: Learning from hardship

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 346, Issue 7903, 2013, Pages

  Willett, Walter C ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CUBA; CYCLING; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84876546050     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f1777     Document Type: Editorial

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