Prevalence of obesity amongst Chinese populations revisited

Future Lipidology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 139-152

  Tomlinson, Brian ^a   Deng, Han Bing ^b   Thomas, G Neil ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BMI; Cardiovascular risk factors; Chinese; Diabetes; Dyslipidemia; Hypertension; Metabolic syndrome; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ASIAN; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINA; CHINESE; COST OF ILLNESS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPIDEMIC; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 47249159832     PISSN: 17460875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/17460875.3.2.139     Document Type: Review

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