Secular trends in the prevalence of general and abdominal obesity among Chinese adults, 1993-2009

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 287-296

  Xi, B ^a   Liang, Y ^b   He, T ^c   Reilly, K H ^d   Hu, Y ^e   Wang, Q ^a   Yan, Y ^f   Mi, J ^f  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JINING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GUANGDONG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^e CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^f CAPITAL INSTITUTE OF PEDIATRICS   (China)

Author keywords

China; Obesity; Trends; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHINESE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL OBESITY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; TREND STUDY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857191897     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2011.00944.x     Document Type: Article

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