Secular trends and risk factors of overweight and obesity among Kuwaiti adults: National Nutrition Surveillance System data from 1998 to 2009

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2124-2130

  Ahmed, Faruk ^a   Waslien, Carol ^b   Al Sumaie, Mona A ^c   Prakash, Prasanna ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Kuwait; Obesity; Overweight; Risk factors; Time trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KUWAIT; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ISLAM; KUWAIT; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867709704     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980011003685     Document Type: Article

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