Fitness or fatness which is more important?

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 319, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 231-232

  Kennedy, Ann Blair ^a   Lavie, Carl J ^b   Blair, Steven N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE GREENVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALL CAUSE MORTALITY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT GAIN; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS; EXERCISE INTENSITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE; MORTALITY RATE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; ADULT; AGED; COMPLICATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FITNESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85040979456     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2017.21649     Document Type: Short Survey

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