Commentary: There is a public health crisis—its not fat on the body but fat in the mind and the fat of profits
Author(s) -
Susie Orbach
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyi256
Subject(s) - medicine , public health , pathology
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