The prevalence of obesity and associated morbidity among 17-year-old Israeli conscripts

Public Health

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 385-389

  Bar Dayan, Y ^a,b,c   Elishkevits, K ^a   Grotto, I ^b   Goldstein, L ^a   Goldberg, A ^b   Shvarts, S ^b   Levin, A ^b   Ohana, N ^b   Onn, E ^b   Levi, Y ^b  

^a IAF   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Hypertension; Israel; Obesity; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DIABETES; HYPERTENSION; MORBIDITY; OBESITY;

ADOLESCENT; ARAB; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORBID OBESITY; MORBIDITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RECORDING; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOLDIER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ISRAEL; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OBESITY; PREVALENCE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

EID: 20144382976     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2004.05.021     Document Type: Article

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