Prevalence and trends in adult obesity in affluent countries

Obesity Epidemiology: From Aetiology to Public Health

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Seidell, Jacob C ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Developed countries; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921259645     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199571512.003.0002     Document Type: Chapter

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