A national study on the prevalence of obesity among 16,127 Malaysians

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 561-566

  Rampal, Lekhraj ^a   Rampal, Sanjay ^b   Geok, Lin Khor ^a   Zain, Azhar Md ^a   Ooyub, Shafie Bin ^c   Rahmat, Ramlee Bin ^c   Ghani, Sirajoon Noor ^b   Krishnan, Jayanthi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malaysia)

^d City Hall Kuala Lumpur ^*  (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Malaysia; Obesity; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34648821996     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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