Population-wide weight loss and regain in relation to diabetes burden and cardiovascular mortality in Cuba 1980-2010: Repeated cross sectional surveys and ecological comparison of secular trends

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 346, Issue 7903, 2013, Pages

  Franco, Manuel ^a,b,c   Bilal, Usama ^a,c   Orduñez, Pedro ^d,e   Benet, Mikhail ^e   Morejón, Alain ^e   Caballero, Benjamín ^b   Kennelly, Joan F ^f   Cooper, Richard S ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CARDIOVASCULARES CNIC   (Spain)

^d PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS DE LA HABANA   (Cuba)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^g LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CUBA; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMIC RECESSION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; TREND STUDY; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CUBA; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84876573053     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f1515     Document Type: Article

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