Dramatic rise in overweight and obesity in adult Filipino women and risk of hypertension

Obesity Research

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1335-1341

  Adair, Linda S ^a,b  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing country; Hypertension; Nutrition transition; Overweight trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LACTATION; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHILIPPINES; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LACTATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHILIPPINES; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 6344256616     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2004.168     Document Type: Article

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