Post-partum weight retention in women in Asia: A systematic review

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 770-780

  Cheng, H R ^a,b   Walker, L O ^b   Tseng, Y F ^a   Lin, P C ^a  

^a CHUNG HWA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Body fat composition; Gestational weight gain; Obesity; Post partum weight retention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; BODY COMPOSITION; CHINESE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMAN; KOREA; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; PUERPERIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TAIWAN; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; WEIGHT GAIN;

ASIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVERWEIGHT; POSTPARTUM PERIOD;

EID: 80053130575     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2011.00886.x     Document Type: Article

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