Occurrence of overweight and obesity among adult rural population in Eastern Poland. Relationship between obesity and selected socio-economic factors

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 149-152

  Panasiuk, Lech ^a   Wdowiak, Leszek ^a   Paprzycki, Piotr ^a   Lukas, Witold ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Obesity; Overweight; Rural population; Socio economic factors

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; POLAND; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; POLAND; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 46349099677     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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