Prevalence of overweight and obesity among Chinese adults: Role of adiposity indicators and age

Obesity Facts

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 17-28

  Xu, Weili ^a,b   Zhang, Hua ^a   Paillard Borg, Stephanie ^c   Zhu, Hong ^a   Qi, Xiuying ^a   Rizzuto, Debora ^b  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Red Cross University College   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Obesity; Overweight; Waist circumference; Waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CHINESE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; ADIPOSE TISSUE; CHINA; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 84954423904     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000443003     Document Type: Article

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