Prevalence of obesity and metabolic syndrome in Indigenous Australian youths

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 255-261

  Valery, P C ^a,e   Moloney, A ^a   Cotterill, A ^b   Harris, M ^b   Sinha, A K ^c   Green, A C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MATER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c CAIRNS BASE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Indigenous; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity

Indexed keywords

C PEPTIDE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; LIPID;

ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREVALENCE; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 65349168846     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2008.00545.x     Document Type: Article

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