Overweight and obesity in students of a Dental College of Karachi: Lifestyle influence and measurement by an appropriate anthropometric index

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 528-532

  Hingorjo, Mozaffer Rahim ^a   Syed, Sadiqa ^b   Qureshi, Masood Anwar ^c  

^a Fatima Jinnah Dental College   (Pakistan)

^b Department of Physiology Bahria Medical and Dental College ^*  (Pakistan)

^c DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; OVERWEIGHT; PAKISTAN; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; PAKISTAN; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS, DENTAL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STUDENTS, DENTAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68249095489     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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