Obesity, overweight and under weight in suburban northern Nigeria

International Journal of Diabetes and Metabolism

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 68-69

  Bakari, A Girei ^a   Onyemelukwe, G C ^a   Sani, B G ^a   Aliyu, I S ^a   Hassan, S S ^a   Aliyu, T M ^a  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Nigeria; Obesity; Overweight; Risk factors; Underweight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NIGERIA; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFERENCE VALUE; SUBURBAN AREA; UNDERWEIGHT;

EID: 46149122071     PISSN: 16067754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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