Relationship between stature, overweight and central obesity in the adult population in Sao Paulo, Brazil

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 639-644

  Velasquez Melendez G ^a   Martins, I S ^b   Cervato, A M ^b   Fornes N S ^b   De Marucci, F N M ^b   Coelho, L T ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Body mass index; Brazil; Central obesity; Overweight; Stature; Waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BRAZIL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INCOME; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT STATURE; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

EID: 0032998293     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800895     Document Type: Article

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