Prevalence and determinants of central obesity and age-specific waist: Hip ratio of people in five cities: The Indian women's health study

European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 73-77

  Singh, Ram B ^a   Ghosh, Saraswati ^a   Beegom, Raheena ^b   Mehta, Amita S ^c   de, Amit K ^d   Haque, Memuna ^e   Dube, Gopal K ^f   Wander, Gurpreet S ^g   Kundu, Soma ^h   Roy, Subarna ^h   Krishnan, Aparna ^c   Simhadri, Harita ^c   Paranjpe, Nikhila B ^e   Agarwal, Nisha ^e   Kalikar, Rohini H ^e   Rastogi, Shanti S ⁱ   Thakur, Amer S ^j  

^a Medical Hospital and Research Centre Moradabad   (India)

^b Department of Environmental Technology Management   (India)

^c SVT College of Home Science   (India)

^d College for Science ^*  (India)

^e GBPU A and T   (India)

^f NKP SALVE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^g Guru Nanak Dev Engineering   (India)

^h Centre of Nutrition   (India)

ⁱ Centre for Diabetes and Nutrition   (India)

^j GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

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Author keywords

central obesity; obesity; overweight; saturated fat; waist girth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SITTING; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY CONSTITUTION; DIETARY FATS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 7844227668     PISSN: 17418267     EISSN: 17418275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/174182679800500201     Document Type: Article

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