The global burden of obesity and the challenges of prevention

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 66, Issue , 2015, Pages 7-12

  Seidell, Jacob C ^a   Halberstadt, Jutka ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Obesity; Prevalence; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; COMMUNITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCOME; OBESITY; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL MARKETING; SOCIAL STATUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; OVERWEIGHT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); OBESITY; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; OVERWEIGHT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84930593056     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: 14219697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000375143     Document Type: Article

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