Secular increases in waist-hip ratio among Swedish women

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1116-1120

  Lissner, L ^a,b   Bjorkelund C ^b   Heitmann, B L ^c   Lapidus, L ^a   Bjorntorp P ^a   Bengtsson, C ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Hip circumference; Obesity; Population studies; Secular trends; Skinfolds; Waist circumference; Waist hip ratio; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SWEDEN; TIME;

EID: 0031766292     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800760     Document Type: Article

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