Obesity in Jordan: Prevalence, associated factors, comorbidities, and change in prevalence over ten years

Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 113-120

  Khader, Yousef ^a   Batieha, Anwar ^a   Ajlouni, Haitham ^b   El Khateeb, Mohammed ^b   Ajlouni, Kamel ^b  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b National Center for Diabetes Endocrinology and Genetics Jordan   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 44449109101     PISSN: 15404196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/met.2007.0030     Document Type: Article

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