Prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults

The Lancet

Volumn 384, Issue 9960, 2014, Pages 2107-2108

  Keating, Catherine ^a,b   Backholer, Kathryn ^a   Peeters, Anna ^a  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDHOOD OBESITY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; LETTER; MANAGEMENT; MONITORING; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; MALE; OVERWEIGHT;

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

EID: 84916894250     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)62367-9     Document Type: Letter

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