Trends in abdominal obesity in young people: United states 1988-2002

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 338-344

  Okosun, Ike S ^a   Boltri, John M ^b   Eriksen, Michael P ^a   Hepburn, Valerie A ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Adiposity; Central fat; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ABDOMINAL FAT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250791194     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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