The Epidemiology of Obesity: A Big Picture

PharmacoEconomics

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 673-689

  Hruby, Adela ^a   Hu, Frank B ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPE; FAMILY HISTORY; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEART DISEASE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INJURY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NORTH AMERICA; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SLEEP; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); UNITED STATES; VASCULAR DISEASE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; AGE; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PREVALENCE;

AGE FACTORS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84933678058     PISSN: 11707690     EISSN: 11792027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40273-014-0243-x     Document Type: Review

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