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© The European Society of Cardiology 2005. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Obesity management: the cardiovascular benefits

W. Philip T. James1,2,3,* and Frans Van de Werf4

1London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
2Public Health Policy Group, UK
3International Obesity TaskForce, UK
4Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium

* Corresponding author. Email address: JeanHJames@aol.com

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   Introduction
 
The latest data from the International Obesity TaskForce show a marked trend towards increasing levels of adult overweight and obesity throughout Europe. Obesity rates range from 10–27% in men and up to 38% in women. In parts of Europe, the combination of reported overweight and obesity in men exceeds even the 67% prevalence found in the USA's most recent measured survey. At least nine . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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