Are Kuwaitis getting fatter?

Nutrition and Health

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 185-197

  Al Isa, Abdulwahab Naser ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KUWAIT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 1642432999     PISSN: 02601060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026010600301700301     Document Type: Article

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