Obesity and related metabolic disorders are prevalent in Moroccan women of child-bearing age

International Journal of Diabetes and Metabolism

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 159-166

  Belahsen, Rekia ^a   Bermudez, Odilia I ^b   Mohamed, Mziwira ^a   Fatima, Fertat ^a   Newby, P Kirstin ^b   Tucker, Katherine L ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Metabolic syndrome; Morocco; Obesity; Overweight; Women

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MOROCCO; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URBAN AREA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 33751201813     PISSN: 16067754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000497585     Document Type: Article

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