Epidemiology: Count the dead, measure the living

Populations all around the world are becoming more obese, but some are doing so much faster than others. Yet even in seriously affected populations, blood pressure, cholesterol and coronary heart disease death rates continue to fall. Is obesity a trifling matter, or is it just less telling than ever...

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Main Authors: Whitlock, G., Huxley, Rachel
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/26601
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description Populations all around the world are becoming more obese, but some are doing so much faster than others. Yet even in seriously affected populations, blood pressure, cholesterol and coronary heart disease death rates continue to fall. Is obesity a trifling matter, or is it just less telling than everything else put together? © 2011 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-266012017-09-13T15:28:02Z Epidemiology: Count the dead, measure the living Whitlock, G. Huxley, Rachel Populations all around the world are becoming more obese, but some are doing so much faster than others. Yet even in seriously affected populations, blood pressure, cholesterol and coronary heart disease death rates continue to fall. Is obesity a trifling matter, or is it just less telling than everything else put together? © 2011 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved. 2011 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/26601 10.1038/nrendo.2011.59 restricted
spellingShingle Whitlock, G.
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Epidemiology: Count the dead, measure the living
title Epidemiology: Count the dead, measure the living
title_full Epidemiology: Count the dead, measure the living
title_fullStr Epidemiology: Count the dead, measure the living
title_full_unstemmed Epidemiology: Count the dead, measure the living
title_short Epidemiology: Count the dead, measure the living
title_sort epidemiology: count the dead, measure the living
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/26601