Weight disorders and associated morbidity among young adults in Israel 1990-2003

Pediatrics International

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 347-352

  Levin, Avi ^a,b   Morad, Yair ^c   Grotto, Itamar ^b,d   Ravid, Mordechai ^e   Bar Dayan, Yosefa ^b,f  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Israeli Defense Force ^*  (Israel)

^c ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^e MAAYANEI HAYESHUA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^f WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Diabetes; Hypertension; Obesity; Prevalence; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MORBIDITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNDERWEIGHT; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; ISRAEL; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; THINNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953623073     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2009.02972.x     Document Type: Article

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