Stagnation in the clinical, community and public health domain of obesity: The need for probative research

Clinical Obesity

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 83-85

  Casazza, K ^a   Allison, D B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CATERING SERVICE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EXPERIMENTATION; FAST FOOD; FAST FOOD PRICE; FOOD INTAKE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 85077512608     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17588111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-8111.2012.00052.x     Document Type: Article

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