Obesity and dyslipidemia in South Asians

Nutrients

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2708-2733

  Misra, Anoop ^a,b,c   Shrivastava, Usha ^c  

^a Fortis C DOC Center for Excellence for Diabetes Metabolic Diseases and Endocrinology   (India)

^b Diabetes Foundation India New Delhi   (India)

^c Obesity and Cholesterol Diseases Foundation N DOC   (India)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Asian indians; Dyslipidemia; High density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL); Nutrition; Obesity; Physical activity; South asians; Triglycerides; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

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

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DYSLIPIDEMIA; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INDIAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LIPID STORAGE; MIGRATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH ASIA; STRESS MANAGEMENT; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84880375219     PISSN: 20726643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu5072708     Document Type: Review

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