Obesity and prevalence of chronic diseases in the 1999–2000 Italian National Health Survey
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>There is consistent evidence that obesity is a correlate of mortality. Less information is available about the relation between body weight and the prevalence of diseases. We investigated the prevalence of overweight and obesity and...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2008-04-01
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Series: | BMC Public Health |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/8/140 |