Cardiovascular risk in the Asia-Pacific region from a nutrition and metabolic point of view: Abdominal obesity

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 85-89

  Gill, Timothy P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Coronary heart disease risk; Modernisation; Nutritional programming; Visceral fat

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ASIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; OBESITY; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT GAIN;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ASIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NUTRITION DISORDERS; OBESITY; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0035225484     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-6047.2001.00231.x     Document Type: Article

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