Five year changes in waist circumference, body mass index and obesity in Augsburg, Germany

European Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 282-288

  Liese, Angela D ^a   Döring, Angela ^b   Hense, Hans Werner ^c   Keil, Ulrich ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body fat distribution; Obesity; Secular trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIPID STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0035709567     PISSN: 14366207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s394-001-8357-0     Document Type: Article

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