Obesity profile in Turkey

International Journal of Diabetes and Metabolism

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-8

  Bagriacik, Nazif ^a   Onat, H ^b   Ilhan, B ^c   Tarakci, T ^d   Osar Z ^e   Ozyazar, M ^e   Hatemi, H H ^e   Yildiz, G ^b  

^a Turkish Diabetes Association   (Turkey)

^b Turkish Diabetic Association   (Turkey)

^c Turkish Association for the Study of Obesity   (Turkey)

^d Konya Local Health Authority   (Turkey)

^e ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Obesity prevalence; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 70449625407     PISSN: 16067754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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