Anthropometric obesity indices in relation to age, educational level, occupation and physical activity in Bulgarian men;Índices antropométricos de la obesidad en relación con la edad, nivel educativo, ocupación y actividad física en los hombres búlgaros

Nutricion Hospitalaria

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 658-665

  Andreenko, Emiliya ^a   Mladenova, Silviya ^a   Akabaliev, Valentin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Factors; Men; Obesity indices

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BULGARIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; PATHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BULGARIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923833069     PISSN: 02121611     EISSN: 16995198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3305/nh.2015.31.2.8016     Document Type: Article

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