Obesity and body fat distribution: Ethnic differences and the role of socio-economic status

Obesity Facts

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-60

  Ujcic Voortman, Joanne K ^a   Bos, Griët ^b   Baan, Caroline A ^b   Verhoeff, Arnoud P ^a,c   Seidell, Jacob C ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Ethnic groups; Overweight; Waist circumference; Waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL FAT; ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOROCCO; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY; WAIST-HIP RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952410429     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000324555     Document Type: Article

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