Underweight, overweight and obesity in adults Nigerians living in rural and urban communities of Benue State

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-143

  Sola, Adediran O ^a   Steven, Adeniyi O ^a   Kayode, Jimoh A ^b   Olayinka, Alao O ^a  

^a BENUE STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Adult; body mass index; obesity; overweight; underweight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NIGERIA; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; UNDERWEIGHT; URBAN AREA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; THINNESS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960001324     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: 09755764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.82081     Document Type: Article

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