Prevalence of overweight and obesity among adult malaysians: An update

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-41

  Mohamud, Wan Nazaimoon Wan ^a   Musa, Kamarul Imran ^b   Khir, Amir Sharifuddin Md ^c   Ismail, Aziz Al Safi ^b   Ismail, Ikram Shah ^d   Kadir, Khalid Abdul ^e   Kamaruddin, Nor Azmi ^f   Yaacob, Nor Azwany ^b   Mustafa, Norlaila ^f   Ali, Osman ^g   Md Isa, Siti Harnida ^e   Bebakar, Wan Mohamad Wan ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^c PENANG MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^f UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^g UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Malaysia; Obesity; Oral glucose tolerance test; Overweight; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79955667519     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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