Prevalence of obesity in Thailand

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 589-592

  Aekplakorn, W ^a   Mo Suwan, L ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

National Survey; Obesity; Prevalence; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; AGE DETERMINATION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMICS; THAILAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THAILAND; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350542342     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2009.00626.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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