The spatial distribution of overweight and obesity among a birth cohort of young adult Filipinos (Cebu Philippines, 2005): An application of the Kulldorff spatial scan statistic

Nutrition and Diabetes

Volumn 3, Issue JULY, 2013, Pages

  Dahly, D L ^a   Gordon Larsen, P ^b,c   Emch, M ^b,d   Borja, J ^e   Adair, L S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SAN CARLOS   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Birth cohort; Obesity; Overweight; Philippines; Spatial cluster; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; FEMALE; FILIPINO; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; OBESITY; PHILIPPINES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84882990146     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20444052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nutd.2013.21     Document Type: Article

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