Decreasing overweight and central fat patterning with Westernization among the Inuit in Greenland and Inuit migrants

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1503-1510

  Bjerregaard, Peter ^a   Jorgensen M E ^b   Andersen, S ^c   Mulvad, Gert ^d   Borch Johnsen, Knut ^b   Backer, Vibeke ^a   Becker, Ulrik ^a   Jørgensen, Torben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b STENO DIABETES CENTER   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d Primary Health Clinic   (Greenland)

Author keywords

Central fat patterning; Greenland; Inuit; Migrants; Obesity; Westernization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DENMARK; DIET; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HUMANS; INUITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0036867501     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802082     Document Type: Article

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