Overweight and obesity among adolescent in Bahrain

Anthropologischer Anzeiger

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 401-408

  Bader, Zahra ^a   Musaiger, Abdulrahman O ^b   Al Roomi, Khaldoon ^c   D'Souza, Reshma ^b  

^a Department of Ministry of Health ^*  (Bahrain)

^b Bahrain Centre for Studies and Research   (Bahrain)

^c ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Bahrain; Body mass index; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY;

ADOLESCENT; BAHRAIN; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; THINNESS;

EID: 58149522356     PISSN: 00035548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/aa/66/2008/401     Document Type: Article

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