Prevalence of obesity and overweight in urban adult Nigerians

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 233-241

  Olatunbosun, S T ^a   Kaufman, J S ^b   Bella, A F ^c  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Africans; Epidemiology; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MASS SCREENING; NIGERIA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; TREND STUDY; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79952807854     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2010.00801.x     Document Type: Article

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