Overall obesity is leveling-off while abdominal obesity continues to rise in a Chinese population experiencing rapid economic development: Analysis of serial cross-sectional health survey data 2002-2010

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 288-294

  Lao, X Q ^a   Ma, W J ^b,c   Sobko, T ^d   Zhang, Y H ^b   Xu, Y J ^b   Xu, X J ^b   Yu, D M ^e   Nie, S P ^b   Cai, Q M ^b   Xia, L ^b   Thomas, G N ^f   Griffiths, S M ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b GUANGZHOU CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c Guangdong Provincial Institute of Nephrology   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHINESE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; COMPLICATION; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; URBANIZATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84922601031     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2014.95     Document Type: Article

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