Variations in BMI and prevalence of health risks in diverse racial and ethnic populations

Obesity

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1821-1826

  Stommel, Manfred ^a   Schoenborn, Charlotte A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956094356     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2009.472     Document Type: Article

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