Overweight and obesity in Australia: The 1999-2000 Australian diabetes, obesity and lifestyle study (AusDiab)

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 178, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 427-432

  Cameron, Adrian J ^a   Welborn, Timothy A ^b   Zimmet, Paul Z ^a   Dunstan, David W ^a   Owen, Neville ^c   Salmon, Jo ^d   Dalton, Marita ^a   Jolley, Damien ^d   Shaw, Jonathan E ^a  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SITTING; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELEVISION;

EID: 0038399801     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05283.x     Document Type: Article

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