The Public Health Burden of Obesity in Canada

Canadian Journal of Diabetes

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 90-96

  Janssen, Ian ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Canada; Obesity; Public health; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BODY MASS; CANADA; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PREMATURE MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ECONOMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BODY MASS INDEX; CANADA; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84876790550     PISSN: 14992671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2013.02.059     Document Type: Review

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