Changing Epidemiology of Obesity - Implications for Diabetes

Obesity and Diabetes: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-123

  Webber, Jonathan ^a,b  

^a SELLY OAK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Changing epidemiology of obesity implications for diabetes; Decreasing levels of physical activity implicated in epidemic of obesity; Early life influences on obesity and diabetes; Epidemiological link between obesity and diabetes; Factors modifying relationship between obesity and diabetes; Global epidemic of obesity and enormous implications for diabetes; Obesity major player in prevalence of type 2 diabetes; WHO Monitoring Trends and Determinants in Cardiovascular Disease (MONICA)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889499728     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470741474.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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