Impact of urbanization on obesity, anthropometric profile and blood pressure in the Igbos of Nigeria

North American Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 242-246

  Ekezie, Jervase ^a   Anyanwu, Emeka G ^b   Danborno, Barnabas ^c   Anthony, Ugochukwu ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^c AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^d ENUGU STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Hypertension; Impact; Obesity; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NIGERIA; OBESITY; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; URBANIZATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HEIGHT RATIO; WAIST HIP RATIO;

EID: 79955652016     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19472714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4297/najms.2011.3242     Document Type: Article

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