Comparison of BMI and anthropometric measures among South Asian Indians using standard and modified criteria

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 809-816

  Vasudevan, Deepa ^a   Stotts, Angela L ^a   Mandayam, Sreedhar ^b   Omegie, L Anabor ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

IDF waist circumference; Obesity; South Asian Indians; WHO modified BMI

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BODY MASS; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ASIAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956091159     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980010003307     Document Type: Article

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