Morbid obesity: definitions, epidemiology, and methodological problems
Kral, J.G.; Heymsfield, S.
Gastroenterology Clinics of North America 16(2): 197-205
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0889-8553 PMID: 3500920 Document Number: 294776
This article defines obesity, ideal body weight, morbid obesity, and indexes of overweight, pointing out some of the difficulties in studies of the epidemiology of morbid obesity.
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