Obesity and cultural environment in the Yucatan region

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 57, Issue 5 II, 1999, Pages 78-83

  Arroyo, Pedro ^a   Pardio, Jeannette ^a   Fernandez, Victoria ^a   Vargas Ancona, Lizardo ^b   Canul, Grasciliano ^b   Loria, Alvar ^c  

^a Mexican Foundation for Health   (Mexico)

^b Mex Hlth Found Yucatan Hosp O'H   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROSS BREEDING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; MEXICO; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION GENETICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033067607     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1999.tb01793.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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