Obesity prevalence from a European perspective: A systematic review

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Berghöfer, Anne ^a   Pischon, Tobias ^b   Reinhold, Thomas ^a   Apovian, Caroline M ^c   Sharma, Arya M ^d   Willich, Stefan N ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; EUROPE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 46249090304     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-200     Document Type: Review

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