Epidemiological survey for the prevalence of overweight and abdominal obesity in Greek adolescents

Obesity

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1718-1722

  Tzotzas, Themistoklis ^a   Kapantais, Efthymios ^a   Tziomalos, Konstantinos ^a   Ioannidis, Ioannis ^a   Mortoglou, Anastasios ^a   Bakatselos, Spiridon ^a   Kaklamanou, Myrto ^a   Lanaras, Leonidas ^a   Kaklamanos, Ioannis ^a  

^a Hellenic Medical Association for Obesity   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICS;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 46249083531     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2008.247     Document Type: Article

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