Mapping geographical variation in obesity in Finland

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 637-643

  Lahti Koski, Marjaana ^a,b   Taskinen, Olli ^a   Similä, Minna ^a   Männistö, Satu ^a   Laatikainen, Tiina ^a   Knekt, Paul ^a   Valsta, Liisa M ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b Suomen Sydanliitto ry   (Finland)

Author keywords

Body fat distribution; Geographical variation; Health surveys; Obesity; Waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FINLAND; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; DIET; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 56749151079     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckn089     Document Type: Article

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