Reducing the global prevalence of overweight and obesity

The Lancet

Volumn 384, Issue 9945, 2014, Pages 728-730

  McPherson, Klim ^a  

^a NEW COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAT INTAKE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; NOTE; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT;

EID: 84907086694     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60767-4     Document Type: Note

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