Unusually high prevalence rates of obesity in four Mexican rural communities

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 833-840

  Sanchez Castillo C P ^a   Lara, J J ^a   Villa, A R ^a   Aguirre, J ^a   Escobar, M ^a   Gutierrez H ^b   Chavez A ^a   James, W P T ^c  

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

^b SECRETARÍA DE SALUD   (Mexico)

^c International Obesity TaskForce   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult; BMI; Children; Developing country; Nutritional status; Obesity; Rural

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; KNEE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEXICO; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZATION; RURAL POPULATION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0034816265     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601238     Document Type: Article

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