Is China facing an obesity epidemic and the consequences? The trends in obesity and chronic disease in China.

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Published in Int J Obes (Lond) on May 02, 2006

Authors

Y Wang1, J Mi, X-Y Shan, Q J Wang, K-Y Ge

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA. ywang@jhsph.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Laparoscopic Single Anastomosis Sleeve Ileal Bypass Versus Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy For Morbidly Obese Patients (SASI) | NCT04218045

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