Science, medicine, and the future: Obesity treatment

Volume: 315, Issue: 7114, Pages: 997 - 1000
Published: Oct 18, 1997
Abstract
Obesity now affects 15% of the population, and is an underlying factor in many diseases, yet, surprisingly, it has until recently attracted little medical or scientific interest. The epidemic of obesity is probably a result of increasingly sedentary lifestyles combined with easy availability of palatable, high fat foods. However, not everyone exposed to this environment becomes obese, and there is good evidence that the tendency to develop...
Paper Details
Title
Science, medicine, and the future: Obesity treatment
Published Date
Oct 18, 1997
Journal
Volume
315
Issue
7114
Pages
997 - 1000
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