Is the obesity epidemic exaggerated? Yes
- 31 January 2008
- Vol. 336 (7638) , 244
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.39458.480764.ad
Abstract
The UK health secretary declared last week that we are in the grip of an obesity epidemic. Patrick Basham and John Luik believe that the problem is less clear cut, but R W Jeffery and N E Sherwood say that obesity is a growing global problemKeywords
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