Global epidemics of childhood obesity is hitting a 'less industrialized' corner in Asia: A case study in Macao

International Journal of Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 6, Issue 2 -2, 2011, Pages

  Lee, Albert ^a,b   Ho, Mandy M ^a   Keung, Vera M W ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Anthropometry; Cardio metabolic risks; Children; China Macao; Obesity

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHINA; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URBANIZATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MACAU; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79960009466     PISSN: 17477166     EISSN: 17477174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17477166.2011.575150     Document Type: Article

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