The effect of Norouz holiday on anthropometric measures and body composition

Journal of Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Payab, Moloud ^a   Hasani Ranjbar, Shirin ^a,b   Zahedi, Hoda ^a   Qorbani, Mostafa ^c,d   Shateri, Zahra ^a   Larijani, Bagher ^b   Soroush, Ahmadreza ^a,b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ALBORZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Body composition; Body weight; Holiday; Metabolic syndrome; Norouz Holiday; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE ANALYSIS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FAT FREE MASS; FAT MASS; FEMALE; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IRAN; LEISURE; MALE; NOROUZ HOLIDAY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84927753899     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22516581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40200-015-0134-5     Document Type: Article

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