Authors
Citation
Jw. Kreider et al., OBESITY, Clinics in plastic surgery, 23(4), 1996, pp. 671
Citations number
51
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
ISSN journal
00941298
Volume
23
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Database
ISI
SICI code
0094-1298(1996)23:4<671:O>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
This article describes the natural history of obesity. A definition of
the various types of obesity and means of quantitating obesity are in
cluded. The mechanisms of development of obesity are presented togethe
r with a discussion of its consequences toward health and ways to prev
ent and treat this condition.