Overall and central obesity incidence in an urban Portuguese population

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 50-55

  Camões, Miguel ^a,b   Lopes, Carla ^a,b   Oliveira, Andreia ^a,b   Santos, Ana Cristina ^a,b   Barros, Henrique ^a,b  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b NONE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Age; Central obesity; Education; Gender effect; Incidence; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PORTUGAL; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949336460     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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