Prevalence of and factors associated with overweight and obesity among a group of Iraqi women

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 420-429

  Al Tawil, N G ^a   Abdulla, M M ^a   Abdul Ameer, A J ^a  

^a Al Nahrain University College of Medicine   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLOTHING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRAQ; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS INDEX; CLOTHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET SURVEYS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; IRAQ; LAPAROTOMY; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; WAIST-HIP RATIO; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34447264265     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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