Ethnic comparisons of obesity in the Asia-Pacific region: Protocol for a collaborative overview of cross-sectional studies

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 193-198

  Huxley, Rachel ^a,b   Barzi, Federica ^a   Stolk, Ronald ^a   Caterson, Ian ^a   Gill, Tim ^a   Lam, T H ^a   Omari, Abdullah ^a   Woodward, Mark ^a   James, Phillip ^a   Matsuzawa, Yuji ^a   Zimmett, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asia Pacific; Cardiovascular disease; Ethnic; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ASIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PACIFIC ISLANDS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HEIGHT RATIO; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ASIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY; OCEANIA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 22744431968     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2005.00189.x     Document Type: Review

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