Prevalence of overweight and obesity in Sri Lankan adults

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 751-756

  Katulanda, P ^a,b   Jayawardena, M A R ^a   Sheriff, M H R ^a   Constantine, G R ^a   Matthews, D R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BMI; Obesity; Socio demographic factors; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SRI LANKA; URBAN AREA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SRI LANKA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 77958551380     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2010.00746.x     Document Type: Article

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