Adiposity and Quality of Life: A Case Study from an Urban Center in Nigeria

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 347-352

  Akinpelu, Aderonke O ^a   Akinola, Odunayo T ^b   Gbiri, Caleb A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

^c Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

body adiposity; Nigeria; quality of life; urban dwellers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; URBAN POPULATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69249189867     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2009.01.006     Document Type: Article

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