Unexpectedly high rates of obesity and dysglycemia among villagers in Cameroon

Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 10-12

  Napoli, Nicola ^a,b   Mottini, Giovanni ^a   Arigliani, Michele ^a   Creta, Antonio ^a   Giua, Renato ^a   Incammisa, Antonino ^a   Carotti, Simone ^a   Sihom, François ^c   Yimagou, Isaac ^c   Alombah, Richard ^d   Mbanya, Jean Claude ^d   Pozzilli, Paolo ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^e QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Obesity; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CAMEROON; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NOTE; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; CAMEROON; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUES; URBAN POPULATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 75449095649     PISSN: 15207552     EISSN: 15207560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dmrr.1036     Document Type: Note

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