Obesity among Arabs and Jews in Israel: A population-based study

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 525-530

  Kalter Leibovici, Ofra ^a,b   Atamna, Ahmed ^c   Lubin, Flora ^a   Alpert, Gershon ^c   Keren, Michal Gillon ^a,b   Murad, Havi ^a   Chetrit, Angela ^a   Goffer, Daphna ^a   Eilat Adar, Sigal ^a,d   Goldbourt, Uri ^b  

^a GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^d MEDSTAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Ethnicity; Management; Obesity; Prevention; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JEW; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARABS; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 34547582618     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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