Overweight and obesity prevalence among adult Pacific peoples and Europeans in the Diabetes Heart and Health Study (DHAHS) 2002-2003, Auckland New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 1311, 2010, Pages 30-42

  Sundborn, Gerhard ^a   Metcalf, Patricia A ^b   Gentles, Dudley ^b   Scragg, Robert ^b   Dyall, Lorna ^b   Black, Peter ^b   Jackson, Rod ^b  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OBESITY; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SELF EVALUATION; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEW ZEALAND; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77949811838     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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