The prevalence of obesity and its relationship with lifestyle factors in Jamaica

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-32

  Ichinohe, Manabu ^a   Mita, Reizo ^a   Saito, Kazuko ^b   Shinkawa, Hideichi ^a   Nakaji, Shigeyuki ^a   Coombs, Michael ^c   Carney, Alice ^c   Wright, Beverly ^c   Fuller, Eva Lewis ^d  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kitasato University   (Japan)

^c Southern Regional Health Authority   (Jamaica)

^d Ministry of Health   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Jamaica; Lifestyle; Obesity; Social factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAMAICA; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGED; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; JAMAICA; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 23944521324     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.207.21     Document Type: Article

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