Obesity in the Iranian population

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-6

  Rashidy Pour, A ^a   Malek, M ^a   Eskandarian, R ^a   Ghorbani, R ^a  

^a SEMNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Central obesity; Obesity; Overweight; Waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 58149170706     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2008.00536.x     Document Type: Article

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