Prevalence of obesity and abdominal obesity in Swedish primary care and occupational health clinics

Obesity Facts

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 251-257

  Pettersson, Jan ^a,b   Johansson, Kari ^a   Rössner, Stephan ^a   Neovius, Martin ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Abbott Scandinavia AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

BMI; Overweight; Sex; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBID OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; OBESITY, MORBID; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954655746     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000156530     Document Type: Article

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