Obesity among adult Bahraini population: Impact of physical activity and educational level

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 183-187

  Al Mahroos, Faisal ^a   Al Roomi, Khaldoon ^a  

^a ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Obesity; Physical activity; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INCOME; MALE; METABOLISM; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0035721229     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2001.183     Document Type: Article

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