Obesity in a rural and an urban Palestinian West Bank population

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 140-146

  Abdul Rahim, H F ^a   Holmboe Ottesen, G ^a   Stene, L C M ^b   Husseini, A ^a   Giacaman, R ^c   Jervell, J ^c   Bjertness, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c NONE

Author keywords

BMI; Food consumption patterns; Household; Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PALESTINE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; URBAN POPULATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARABS; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0037255261     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802160     Document Type: Article

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