National prevalence of underweight, overweight and obesity in Turkey: Cross sectional study of a representative adult population

Central European Journal of Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 294-303

  Delibasi, Tuncay ^a   Karaaslan, Yasar ^a   Ustun, Ihsan ^a   Koroglu, Ertugrul ^b   Hosgor, Seref ^c  

^a ANKARA NUMUNE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b HYB Press ^*  (Turkey)

^c BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Education; Obesity; Overweight; Prevalence; Turkish; Underweight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITION EDUCATION; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNDERWEIGHT; URBAN AREA;

EID: 34347375295     PISSN: 18951058     EISSN: 16443640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11536-007-0024-4     Document Type: Article

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