The epidemiology of obesity

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 92, Issue , 2019, Pages 6-10

  Chooi, Yu Chung ^a   Ding, Cherlyn ^a   Magkos, Faidon ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adiposity; BMI; Health risk; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGE; AGED; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BANGLADESH; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CAUCASIAN; CHINA; COLOMBIA; CONGO; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EGYPT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHIOPIA; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; GLOBAL DISEASE BURDEN; HUMAN; INDIA; INDONESIA; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; IRAN; IRAQ; JAPAN; LIVER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE; MYANMAR; NIGERIA; OBESITY; PAKISTAN; PHILIPPINES; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEX; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH KOREA; TANZANIA; THAILAND; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; VIET NAM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE;

EID: 85054157746     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: 15328600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2018.09.005     Document Type: Article

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