Intervention levels for abdominal obesity: Prevalence and associated factors;Níveis de intervenção para obesidade abdominal: Prevalência e fatores associados

Cadernos de Saude Publica

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1207-1215

  Olinto, Maria Teresa Anselmo ^a   Nácul, Luis Carlos ^b   Dias da Costa, Juvenal Soares ^a   Gigante, Denise Petrucci ^c   Menezes, Ana M B ^c   Macedo, Silvia ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Obesity; Risk Factors; Waist Circumference

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT, ABDOMINAL; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 33744941066     PISSN: 0102311X     EISSN: 16784464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-311X2006000600010     Document Type: Article

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