Overweight and obesity in Portugal: National prevalence in 2003-2005

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-19

  Do Carmo, I ^a,b   Dos Santos, O ^c   Camolas, J ^b   Vieira, J ^b   Carreira, M ^a   Medina, L ^d   Reis, L ^d   Myatt, J ^e   Galvao Teles A ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^c Fundação Ciência e Tecnologia Scholar   (Portugal)

^d Institute of Histology and Embryology   (Portugal)

^e CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Obesity; Overweight; Portugal; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONS; OVERWEIGHT; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 37249047126     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2007.00422.x     Document Type: Article

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