Abdominal adiposity in U.S. adults: Prevalence and trends, 1960-2000

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 197-206

  Okosun, Ike S ^a   Chandra, K M Dinesh ^a   Boev, Angel ^a   Boltri, John M ^a   Choi, Simon T ^b   Parish, David C ^a   Dever, G E Alan ^a,c  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Obesity trends; Race

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942720752     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.01.023     Document Type: Article

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