Overweight and Obesity in Southern Italy: their association with social and life-style characteristics and their effect on levels of biologic markers.

Abstract Background: In the last decades, overweight and obesity have been transformed from minor public health issues to a major threat to public health affecting the most affluent societies and also the less developed ones. Objectives: To estimate overweight-obesity prevalence in adults,...

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Main Authors: Alberto R Osella, María del Pilar Díaz, Rafaelle Cozzolongo, Caterina Bonfiglio, Isabella Franco, Daniela Isabel Abbrescia, Antonella Bianco, Gianpiero Buongiorno, Silvana ELba, José Petruzzi, ELsa Lanzilotta, Mario Correale, Anna Maria Mastrosimini, Gioacchino Leandro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Córdoba 2014-09-01
Series:Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de Córdoba
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Online Access:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/med/article/view/10135