Prevalence and secular changes in abdominal obesity in Canadian adolescents and adults, 1981 to 2007-2009

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 397-405

  Janssen, I ^a   Shields, M ^b   Craig, C L ^c   Tremblay, M S ^d,e  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^c Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Canada; Surveillance; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956285957     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2010.00815.x     Document Type: Article

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