Prevalence of obesity and overweight among adults in Iran

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 335-337

  Ayatollahi, S M T ^a   Ghoreshizadeh, Z ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adult; Body mass index; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77951139000     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2010.00725.x     Document Type: Article

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