National prevalence of obesity: Prevalence of obesity in Israel

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 115-116

  Nitzan Kaluski, D ^a,b   Berry, E M ^c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARAB; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JEW; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADULT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; REVIEW;

ADULT; ARABS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 18044396744     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2005.00168.x     Document Type: Article

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