Prevalence of overweight and obesity for urban adults in Cameroon

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 551-562

  Pasquet, P ^a,e   Temgoua, L S ^d   Melaman Sego, F ^d   Froment, A ^b   Rikong Adie H ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b IRD Centre d'Orleans   (France)

^c Inst Med/des Plantes Medicinales   (Cameroon)

^d Universite de Yaounde I Faculte de Medecine   (Cameroon)

^e Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; URBAN POPULATION; WEIGHT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAMEROON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CAMEROON; CAUSALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

CAMEROON;

EID: 0141570641     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0301446032000112652     Document Type: Article

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