Is waist circumference per body mass index rising differentially across the United States, England, China and Mexico?

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1306-1312

  Albrecht, S S ^a,b   Gordon Larsen, P ^a,b   Stern, D ^b   Popkin, B M ^a,b  

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

^b University of North Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949112050     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2015.71     Document Type: Review

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