Obesity in Tibetans aged 30-70 living at different altitudes under the North and South faces of Mt. Everest

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1670-1680

  Sherpa, Lhamo Y ^a,e   Deji, ^b   Stigum, Hein ^a,c   Chongsuvivatwong, Virasakdi ^d   Thelle, Dag S ^a   Bjertness, Espen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b TIBET UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^d PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e PURBANCHAL UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

BMI; Everest; Nepal; Obesity; Tibet; Tibetans; Waist circumference; WHtR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CATABOLISM; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; TIBET;

EID: 77954552876     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph7041670     Document Type: Article

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